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Ontario’s Nuclear Revival: Minister Todd Smith
Season 22 Episode 4
Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith joins me to discuss the phenomenon of Ontario’s centrality to the West’s nuclear energy aspirations.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Vogtle Part 3: Was the NRC to blame?
Season 22 Episode 3
James Krellenstein returns to deeper dive the lessons of Vogtle and VC Summer
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Energy Returns of Unconventional Oil
Season 22 Episode 2
Chris Popoff returns to talk unconventional oil with a focus on oil sands. What is it? What are its energy economics? How is it like a battery? What does it have to do with peak cheap oil and how doe…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Vogtle Part 2: Murphy’s Law
Season 22 Episode 1
James Krellenstein and I continue our deep dive analysis of what went wrong at Vogtle.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The Politics of a Canadian Nuclear Revival
Season 21 Episode 9
As Canada embarks on a new nuclear build out of SMRs and large Reactors, Professor Duane Bratt joins me to provide a political scientists perspective on the history and future of the Canadian nuclear…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Prospects for Process Heat & “Advanced” Nuclear
Season 20 Episode 8
Noah Rettberg walks us through an in depth exploration on the challenges of decarbonizing process heat.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
It's a Material World
Season 21 Episode 7
Ed Conway author of “Material World” joins me to explore the material world underpinning the ethereal world of our perceived reality. He explains how sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium are tra…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Vogtle Part 1: the Nuclear Renaissance That Wasn't
Season 20 Episode 6
James Krellenstein returns to dig into what went wrong at Vogtle and why the nuclear “Renaissance” of the early 2000’s ended up a flop.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Extreme Weather and Alberta’s AWOL Renewable Energy
Season 20 Episode 5
Alberta, sitting on massive reserves of oil and gas, found itself teetering on the edge of blackout this week as temperatures in the negative 40 degree ranges led to multiple grid alerts. As a new re…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
From Microchips to Atom Splits
Season 21 Episode 4
Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO at Microsoft and vice chairman of TerraPower joins me to discuss his experience bridging the world of software and nuclear power.
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago