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6. Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That's Actually a Bad Strategy”

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Powering the Earth from Paducah, Kentucky

Building nuclear reactors in the United States has been a challenge due to public unease, despite the excellent safety record of existing reactors. The US government prevented a US company from cooperating with a foreign company to build a reactor, by revoking the necessary license, despite China's successful adoption of the technology.

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