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Investing in a world powered by nuclear fission
Next generation nuclear technology is redefining carbon free energy and solving for the key issues that have previously impeded broad scale adoption.
C Capital • C5 Capital - Next Generation Nuclear Technology
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In the 1950s, nuclear was the energy of the future. Two generations later, it provides only about 10% of world electricity, and reactor design hasn‘t fundamentally changed in decades.
Roots of Progress • Why Has Nuclear Power Been a Flop?
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Over 20% of energy in the US comes from a nuclear source. Up to 70% in France. Yet it's not a technology that has been widely accepted, primarily due to concerns of historical safety risks and storage + a dependency on coal and gas.
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At the end of the day, though, what is needed is not a few reforms, but “metanoiete”: a deep repentance, a change to the industry‘s entire way of thinking. Devanney is not optimistic that this will happen in the US or any wealthy country; they‘re too comfortable and too able to fund fantasies of “100% renewables.” Instead, he thinks the best prospe... See more
Roots of Progress • Why Has Nuclear Power Been a Flop?
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There’s another, entirely different approach to nuclear power that’s quite promising but still at least a decade away from…
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Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
solutions. I’m very optimistic about the approach created by TerraPower, a company I founded in 2008, bringing together some of the best minds in nuclear physics and computer modeling to design a next-generation nuclear reactor.