#1662 Renewing the Nuclear Age: Weapons, Energy, Climate Mitigation, and Risk
Description
Air Date 10/11/2024
Humans insatiable need for increasing amounts of energy and our tendency to want to at least have the option to wipe entire populations off the map has led to a renewed age of risks related to nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and nuclear fallout.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Can clean energy handle the AI boom? - Vox - Air Date 10-1-24
KP 2: Why Nuclear Energy Is On The Verge Of A Renaissance - CNBC - Air Date 6-7-22
KP 3: Is Nuclear Energy the solution? - Our Changing Climate - Air Date 5-10-19
KP 6: Are we facing a new nuclear arms race? - This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler - Air Date 9-17-24
(47:23 ) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the nature of humans and energy use
DEEPER DIVES
(54:59 ) SECTION A - ENERGY
(1:31:22 ) SECTION B - CLIMATE
(1:56:40 ) SECTION C - RISK
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: A photo of two, active nuclear power plant towers on the bank of a river at sunset.
Credit: “nuclear power plant, Rhine, flow” by distelAPPArath, Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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