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Huff: Nuclear waste disposal is a solved technical problem
“This is a technically solved problem. Right now, all the spent fuel is stored safely where it is.”
Huff: Living near coal plants releases more radiation than nuclear plants
“The radiation exposure from living next to a coal plant is higher than the radiation exposure from living next to a nuclear power plant.”
Huff: U.S. lost capacity to efficiently build infrastructure mega-projects
“The U.S. Has lost this muscle of being able to do this efficiently in these big, big mega projects, whether it's an airport or a nuclear reactor.”
Huff: US commercial nuclear fuel has never harmed humans
“The commercial nuclear fuel in this country has never caused any, you know, radiation harm to humans.”
Huff: Reaching net zero emissions is impossible without expanding nuclear power
“A huge fraction of that gigantic gap must be filled by nuclear power, or else we're never gonna get to net zero.”
Huff: U.S. nuclear technology is world's safest and should be exported
“U.S. Nuclear technology is some of the safest in the world, and people should import it rather than, you know, some different technology.”
Huff: Plant Vogtle Unit 4 nuclear reactor will turn on within months
“The Vogel Unit Four will turn on, you know, in a few months.”
Huff: Cheap natural gas was main driver of nuclear stagnation
“The expense of different kinds of energy technology typically determine what utilities are gonna select. And there was a serious period of time where, for example, natural gas was an extremely cheap option to build quickly with low capital investment, And that…”
Huff: Delayed nuclear contracts will trigger severe 20-year supply bottlenecks
“I want to see as many contracts on the books as possible in the next couple of years, or else we are going to have a much bigger supply chain challenge in the next 20 years than we have today.”