nuclear energy

8 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 27, 2023 by Michelle Volz · across every show →

Everything said about nuclear energy, oldest first

Jan 27, 2023
Insight
Volz: The primary bottleneck for nuclear energy is human decision-making
“It's not going to be about, were we able to build it? It's, did we decide that we wanted to invest in this? Did we decide that we wanted nuclear? The biggest barrier is just humans, not, not the innovation, just us getting in our own way.”
Michelle Volz Jan 27, 2023 ▶ 34:33 2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: Data proves nuclear energy is far safer than oil or coal
“And dramatic example of narrative defeating data, because it's very, very obvious from the data that nuclear is far safer than say oil or coal.”
Ben Horowitz Oct 21, 2023 ▶ 10:04 Why It's Time to Be A Techno-Optimist
Mar 18, 2024 bullish
Insight
Ulevitch: Commercializing nuclear energy involves minimal underlying scientific risk
“There's no scientific risk. Like, with nuclear energy, that's another important thing, is we invest in all kinds of things. There's no scientific risk with nuclear energy or minimal, like, we know how it works. The science has understood.”
David Ulevitch Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 21:32 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?
Mar 18, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Steph Smith: Nuclear energy accounts for 20% of US electricity
“Nuclear energy accounts for 20% of the electricity in the United States.”
Steph Smith Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 1:02 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?
Nov 12, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Andreessen: a16z is actively investing in a potential nuclear energy renaissance
“There's a real opportunity with this administration for a nuclear renaissance that at least we would be, we're already investing into, but we would be super excited to invest into.”
Marc Andreessen Nov 12, 2024 ▶ 46:44 Trump is About to Change Everything For Tech Startups
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Buckendorf: Germany exited nuclear energy to rely on Russian gas
“Germany just decided to pull out a nuclear energy to become fully dependent on kind of cheap Russian gas.”
Philip Buckendorf Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:30 The Software Crisis Behind America's Infrastructure
Oct 8, 2025 negative
Opinion
Altman: Banning nuclear power in the West was an incredibly dumb decision
“That was an incredibly dumb decision.”
Sam Altman Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 34:52 Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire
Aug 4, 2026 negative
Opinion
INL Official: Nuclear Was Regulated Out of Business by High Costs
“It's my opinion that we regulated nuclear out of business because we made it too expensive.”
Idaho National Laboratory Official Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 2:00 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant |  a16z American Dynamism
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