• Who's powering nuclear energy's comeback?

  • Nov 14 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
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Who's powering nuclear energy's comeback?

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  • Nuclear energy hasn't been a growing industry in decades. But now, it seems to be making a comeback. This week, the Biden administration announced a goal to triple nuclear energy capacity in the US by 2050. And over the past few months, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have all made deals to use nuclear energy to power their artificial intelligence appetites. Today on the show, could nuclear energy work differently this time?

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