Complete Tech Heads with Tom Edwards
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This week I'm speaking with award-winning author and CEO of Think Atom think tank, Rauli Partanen. In the show, we discuss:
00:00 - Intro
05:56 - The link between human wellbeing and energy consumption
18:11 - The current global energy mix, and decarbonization
20:43 - European gas crisis & deindustrialisation
25:38 - How important is the pace of decarbonisation?
30:19 - The potential of nuclear energy
35.14 - Why has nuclear been so maligned?
41:00 - Misconceptions about nuclear energy
42:00 - Nuclear waste
49:00 - Chernobyl and Fukushima
58:30 - Advances in nuclear technology
01:02:00 - Why Can’t the UK build infrastructure?
01:04:36 - The problems with the nuclear pace of deployment
01:07:25 - Building and deploying small modular reactors
LINKS:
Reports and studies by Rauli's think tank, ThinkAtom:
https://thinkatom.net/publications/
Rauli's Amazon author page:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rauli-Partanen/author/B00M7UVBYK
The Rise of Nuclear Fear - the book mentioned in the show:
https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Nuclear-Fear-Spencer-Weart/dp/0674052331
Find Rauli on X: https://twitter.com/Kaikenhuippu
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