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#058 Scaling Nuclear Energy, Saving The World – Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy

Feb 28, 2023

59:45

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Nuclear Waste Is Not a Dangerous Thing

02:44

The Transition Between Drones and Nuclear

01:45

How to Navigate the Biggest Risk in Your Company?

02:37

Introduction

6min

We Need More Nuclear Meltdowns Not Less

2min

Are We So Afraid of Nuclear?

2min

Is Regulation the Biggest Barrier to Progress?

2min

How to Navigate the Biggest Risk in Your Company?

3min

Is That Not Possible With the Existing Regulation?

2min

The Background That It Takes to Design a Nuclear Power Plant Is Probably Anything but a Nuclear Engineer

2min

Nuclear Entrepreneurship

2min

The Transition Between Drones and Nuclear

2min

10.

The Titans of Nuclear Podcast

2min

11.

Is There Something I'm Missing Here?

3min

12.

The Decouple Podcast - Chris Kefir on to He's Criss Is the Man

3min

13.

How Did You Decide to Start a Nuclear Company?

2min

14.

What's So Special About This Approach?

2min

15.

Energy Is the Main Input to Abundance of Food

2min

16.

Is Electricity Going Cheaper?

1min

17.

The Supply Chain of a Nuclear Power Plant

2min

18.

Is That a Good Analyse?

2min

19.

Nuclear Waste Is Not a Dangerous Thing

3min

20.

Is There a Change in the Ambient?

2min

21.

The Certificate Is Just Like Funding on Your Wall

2min

22.

Nuclear Is the Next Big Thing

2min

23.

Is There a Mix of Renewables and Nuclear?

3min

24.

Is Nuclear Beautiful?

2min

25.

Nuclear Energy - Episode 34 - Josh Storrs Hall

4min

Links:

Bret Kugelmass on LinkedIn

Last Energy

Titans of Nuclear Podcast

Energy Impact Podcast

Marc Andreesen regulatory capture podcast episode

The Energy Impact Center

Decouple Podcast

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Topics:

(5:42) - “The more nuclear meltdowns, the better!”

(11:06) - Working with regulators on nuclear fission

(12:10) - Making regulation capability a competitive advantage in nuclear

(16:09) - Bret’s previous startup (drones)

(22:14) - Starting The Titans of Nuclear Podcast

(24:41) - The process of learning a new industry

(26:27) - Factions inside the nuclear industry?

(27:52) - Nuclear evangelist Dr. Chris Keefer

(29:46) - How did you form Last Energy’s strategy?

(37:26) - Avoiding supply chain risks in nuclear

(42:59) - Perceptions vs realities of nuclear waste, and Cognitive Biases

(44:29) - Public Opinion is more and more pro-nuclear

(49:16) - How do you see the next 50 years playing out for the Energy sector?

(51:42) - Renewables are fine, Nuclear is magic

(54:14) - The beauty of Nuclear

(55:37) - Hiring people without a background in nuclear industry

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Smart Friends

#058 Scaling Nuclear Energy, Saving The World – Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy

Nuclear Waste Is Not a Dangerous Thing

The Transition Between Drones and Nuclear

How to Navigate the Biggest Risk in Your Company?

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