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Consistently presented as the safest energy source by the 'deaths per kilowatt hour' metric, including mining accidents and potential future health impacts from past incidents.
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Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #264
Lex Fridman
Discussed as an energy option that many smart people advocate for, being emission-free and with concerns about meltdowns and waste potentially overblown.
E70: EMERGENCY POD! Russia invades Ukraine: Reactions, Putin's ambition, Biden's response and more
All-In Podcast
Discussed as a potential energy source for independence, particularly in Europe, with debates on its safety, cost, and deployment time compared to solar.
E39: West coast super drought & climate crisis, Nuclear virtue signaling, chaos in SF & more
All-In Podcast
Presented as a clean, abundant, and essential energy source to combat climate change and power infrastructure like desalination plants. Its development has been hampered by overreactions to accidents like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.
The Role of Commercial Nuclear Energy (Lessons from the Hoover Policy Boot Camp) | Ch 3
PolicyEd
Consistently presented as the safest energy source by the 'deaths per kilowatt hour' metric, including mining accidents and potential future health impacts from past incidents.
E27: The Great Inflation Debate, Amazon gets spicy on Twitter, rethinking supply chains & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned in comparison to the long timelines for building new power plants in the US, similar to mining project delays.