#058 Scaling Nuclear Energy, Saving The World – Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy
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The Supply Chain of a Nuclear Power Plant
Every single component that goes in our power plant has to be operating in 100 power plants around the world. Even simple components such as like valves Or tanks or regulators or compressors or turbines each one of those now becomes a billion dollar project just to integrate Into a system that has a fundamentally different chemistry. So yeah, I always say I believe that your reactor physics will work I believe your system will work no problem But like your supply chain now is going to be 10 times as hard to procure And more expensive have a higher failure rate a decade out.
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