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How To Make Nuclear Energy Safe (with Seaborg’s Troels Schönfeldt)

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

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Nuclear Reactors - What Are They and How Do They Work?

A modern nuclear reactor might be at a rated at one gigo walt. That is powering, what amil homes? Four units would then cover our entire electricity consumption. But imagine if one of those fails. It's a huge hit on our grid. And also, it's basically in one trunk. Weare buying our entire grid with the modern industry.

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