Tech executives are betting big on nuclear energy

CNBC’s Pippa Stevens joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss tech executives betting on nuclear energy.

[Startrance]

Nuclear power should always been focused on, it was a mistake by the green movement to push back against this.

[GillianNicoleLilah]

whatsinmy AI fixes this. Tech executives betting on nuclear.

[ArnoldFreeman-ng]

A.I could start making videos like this to trick us into feeding it power and make it stronger 😆

[rhenderson]

Nuclear power plants generate seemingly "clean" electricity. The glitch in such clean locales belies the nuclear waste issue. Nuclear waste is not clean nor reasonably close to biodegradable. At best, 'storage sites' hold this waste until such time as the public becomes aware, then transferred to another...remote...storage site.

With private sector nuclear plants gaining "investment" popularity, this would seem to be the time to mandate private sector initiatives be made in nuclear waste disposal. Storage is an inadequate process.

As certain as has been experienced in coal fired, in petrochemical refining, and marine vessel contamination, "disposal" of end product waste becomes a "social" cost, gains accumulating to the profit sector.

Tying nuclear disposal costs and disposal responsibility directly to private sector/profit is not an illogical requirement.

[MusicFan]

Quantum Computing (still at least 4-5 years away for non-fringe use cases) may be one answer to solve these huge demands for AI. Hope it comes sooner!

[gibbogle]

A bit silly to include fusion there (Bezos).

[Hofftimusprime]

Turn down your heat and air conditioning so we can have more data centers and artificial technology to make eliminate our jobs and make more stupid filters and images of things!!

[johnsmithdath]

Anyone know what NE companies Amazon and Google are investing in?

[chrisacevedo]

They all know that Ai needs a lot of energy

[HzunGkr]

Nuscale Power is also a great company and part of the future.

[brajeshsingh]

I am surprised but clearly the tech leaders know something. Is that why Oppenheimer was made. To get public opinion on board

[ArnoldFreeman-ng]

Only 5% of the energy of nuclear fuel is used. Nuclear waste still contains 95% of its potential, just needs a different reactor technology to extract it.

[nobu]

Thank God for AI—we can finally start innovating in nuclear energy and upgrading our outdated grid systems. We need to accelerate quickly in these areas, or we’ll be outcompeted by China. If China surpasses us in AI, it’ll pose a huge national security risk, and American hegemony could be a thing of the past.

[reardelt]

Focus on solar. It's literally 100% risk free and doesn't need uranium from kazakhstan/russia