Is Nuclear Energy Green?

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Check out the math & physics courses that I mentioned (many of which are free!) and support this channel by going to https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ where you can create your Brilliant account. The first 200 will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. Correction to what I say at 17 mins 29 seconds: It's 3 meters in diameter and 20 meters tall (not 3 meters in diameter and 20 feet tall). Sorry about that! Subscribe to my newsletter: https://sabinehossenfelder.com/ You can support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sabine Is nuclear power good or bad? In this much-asked-for episode I will summarize the most up-to-date numbers on the status of nuclear power and break down it's pros and cons. We will also look at what the new technological developments have to offer: molten salt reactors, thorium reactors, and small modular reactors. I learned a low while working on this video and I hope you find this summary useful. The table which I show at 3 minutes 16 seconds is from this IPCC report https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ipcc_wg3_ar5_full.pdf The paper from Muellner et al which I discuss at 6 minutes 43 seconds is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421521002330 The figure which I show at 7 mins 22 seconds is from the World Nuclear Energy Status Report that you can read here: https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/wnisr2021-lr.pdf The 2013 paper I mention at 8 minutes 51 seconds is this: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.10

Published 2022-04-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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