The Future of Nuclear Power

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Nuclear power is expensive and it takes a long time to build. If the small modular reactor is possible, then you could make them quicker. There's less power that comes out of Thorium than what comes out of Uranium as a system. It won't be as effective but we've got some electricity being generated. And so if you have a system that contracts in size and it contracts around what energy plants that we have...then it comes down to what do we use that power for? So in the Acadian Blueprint idea, instead of having ubiquitous technology everywhere like we have at the moment, we have a combination of high tech examples around a very small,. the quality outcome.

In this episode, Simon Michaux returns to discuss his new paper “A Resource Balanced Economy”, which outlines an alternative economic and social system. This conversation builds off of his two previous episodes on The Great Simplification, unpacking the ideas and tools that will be helpful in planning for an unknown future with more energy and material constraints. How can we be more intentional about the design of our technology to make products that are longer lasting and easier to reuse? How can we organize society to create resilient communities based around actual human needs, rather than endless efficiency geared towards growth? Can an ‘Arcadian Blueprint’ emerge, and at what scale, and by whom?

About Simon Michaux:

Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.

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