Nuclear Plants

“The reactor and the nuclear equipment are not the reason nuclear plants are expensive. If you look at historical data, it only represents about seven percent of the cost of historical builds.”

“Because these things are taking 10 plus years to build, the interest accrues, and that ends up being a third of the total project cost.”

“One gigawatt, well, generates one gigawatt, roughly, of heat. One gigawatt is roughly one nuclear plant.”

“AI today uses the power equivalent of roughly 50 nuclear plants.”

“Well, we will need hundred by 2030.”

“There's 33 nuclear plants under construction in China right now. There's zero under construction in the U.S.”

“It's going to be easier to permit and get a nuclear plant built than it is to get new transmission lines, and that's just historically how it's been, you know, everywhere I've been, whether it's in the US, the UK, Australia. Over in Taiwan Philippines, people …”

“They can build a natural gas with CCS plant in roughly half the time in which they could build a nuclear plant.”

“China has 22 nuclear plants under construction today. 22. And 70 planned.”

“In places like, say, South, South Korea, the folks who design The nuclear plant and build the nuclear plant are also the same people, in many cases, are the same people who operate and maintain the nuclear plant, and all of their incentives are aligned, and th…”

“Zero new plants in 40 years.”

“France, who just recently announced, you know, one of the world leaders in nuclear power that they're going to be building at least 14 new plants which is pretty exciting to see.”