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Isabel Boemeke - The Real Story of Nuclear: Fear, Politics, and the Grid We Need for AI

Isabel Boemeke - The Real Story of Nuclear: Fear, Politics, and the Grid We Need for AI

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0:00 : Introduction

1:37 : Growing up in rural Brazil

3:44 : Getting to the United States

5:15 : Reading Richard Dawkins, getting involved in the climate movement, learning about nuclear

12:05 : A historical deep dive: What went wrong with nuclear energy?

24:32 : What really happened at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl - separating fear from facts.

30:43 : Deaths from Nuclear Vs. Fossil Fuels

37:15 : Nuclear Proliferation Risk

42:17 : Gaps in the US supply chain & AI’s need for more energy

49:40 : Promise vs. reality of SMRs (Small modular reactors)

54:54 : Designing energy grid for the US

59:10 : Why are Germany, Taiwan, and Australia shutting down nuclear energy programs?

1:02:10 : Saving California’s last nuclear plant Diablo Canyon

1:08:24 : Today’s nuclear renaissance
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