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#045 The Future of Nuclear Energy: Politics, Culture, and Technology with Mark Nelson

Smart Friends

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Is There a Nuclear Reactor?

There's almost a total consensus in DC that nuclear energy is good and should be at least a part of the future. It's just those same leaders have not had the confidence to overcome decades of anti nuclear activism. The advanced nuclear narrative, regardless of technological or financial merits, made it easy for early adopters. There was a thorium community that came together from outside of the traditional nuclear industry.

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