A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?

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Nuclear energy accounts for 20% of the electricity in the United States, but remarkably, 2023 marked the commissioning of the U.S.'s first new nuclear reactor in over three decades. The past few years have been a story of changing public opinion, but equally, innovative startups crafting groundbreaking reactor designs and an ambitious announcement by the U.S. government to triple nuclear power production by 2050.

In this episode recorded at a16z’s American Dynamism Summit in Washington DC, a16z podcast host Steph Smith is joined by a16z General Partner David Ulevich, Doug Bernauer – CEO of microreactor company Radiant – and Dr. Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Nuclear Energy.

From energizing the country's data centers to propelling the electric vehicles on our roads or powering the factories crafting tomorrow's innovations, they discuss why expanding our nuclear capacity is a national imperative.

Topics Covered:
00:00 - The Promise of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
03:17 - Nuclear Energy's Current Landscape
06:50 - Vulnerabilities in Fuel Delivery
10:16 - Nuclear Energy's Timeline
13:35 - Portable Microreactors and Mass Production
14:51 - Nuclear Energy's Role in America
22: 04 - Government's Role in Nuclear Energy
26:56 - Challenges of Portable Micro Reactors
30:03- The Evolution of Nuclear Reactors
38:01 - Nuclear’s Public Perception and Safety
41:35 - The Global Need for Nuclear Power

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Topics Covered:
00:00 - The Promise of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
03:17 - Nuclear Energy's Current Landscape
06:50 - Vulnerabilities in Fuel Delivery
10:16 - Nuclear Energy's Timeline
13:35 - Portable Microreactors and Mass Production
14:51 - Nuclear Energy's Role in America
22: 04 - Government's Role in Nuclear Energy
26:56 - Challenges of Portable Micro Reactors
30:03- The Evolution of Nuclear Reactors
38:01 - Nuclear’s Public Perception and Safety
41:35 - The Global Need for Nuclear Power

az
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Thank you. Positive awareness about nuclear

SilasPath
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another great episode, great work steph

conformist
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We've been safely using micro reactors for decades in submarines... Why can't we just package up those and use them?

In any case, this concept seems like the future of power generation. How do we fix our grid to accommodate all of this new power demand?

davistroy
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"I have become Nuclear, builder of worlds" Hyped!

Eggs-n-Jakey