HALEU is frightfully expensive (calcs)
HALEU is basically 20% enriched uranium, and I have watched with disbelief as it has gone from an obscure fuel option to the central fuel form for the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Development Program (ARDP). But boy oh boy, is this stuff expensive. And other people are starting to notice and realize that…
Thorium at a UTK Colloquium, October 18, 2023
I really enjoyed the chance to go back to my alma mater, the University of Tennessee, and to present to their nuclear engineering department as part of their colloquium series. The department head and my former teacher, Wes Hines, was kind enough to host and I was also very glad to see Harold Dodds there,…
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Zeihan on small modular reactors, part 1
Another day has dawned with another video from our favorite geopolitical strategist, Peter Zeihan, but this time talking about small modular reactors and why they won’t “save” us. Yesterday’s video on thorium has already hit 250,000 views. I’d be lucky if my rebuttal was seen by 1/1000th of that. But oh well, I’ll try it…
Responding to a Geopolitical Strategist
I have been following Peter Zeihan for many years now. Even last night I was sitting on my couch, catching up on his latest videos, learning about things like why the drug cartels in Mexico pose different threats to increased US manufacturing in Mexico. It’s easy to think, this guy knows everything about everything! So…