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#112 – Ian Hutchinson: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and Religion

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The Importance of Fission Energy

Nuclear power is obviously important to meet the energy challenges of our age. It is completely intrinsically completely CO2 emissions free. The wastes that come from nuclear power, whether it's fission or fusion for that matter, are so moderate in quantity that we shouldn't really be worried about them. We do still get 20% of our electricity from fission energy and we could get a lot more.

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