Nuclear Waste
topic on 3 shows · 9 statements across 5 episodes
American Optimist 
Capital Allocators 
Catalyst
9 statements about Nuclear Waste, every show
Shafer: US holds 90,000 tons of nuclear waste, adding 2,000 annually
“It's about 90,000 metric tons. We generate about 2000 metric tons a year.”
Shafer: Used nuclear fuel still holds massive untapped energy value
“I don't think about it as nuclear waste, I think about it as use nuclear fuel, because there's actually a lot of energy value with respect to that”
Gebbia: Small modular reactors can reuse existing nuclear waste as fuel
“Small modular reactors which will address some of the issues of the costs involved in building nuclear plants, the timelines associated with building nuclear plants. Small modular actors can actually reuse existing nuclear waste as their energy source.”
Rodman: Lifetime Nuclear Power Leaves Half a Soda Can of Waste
“For all the electricity used and power they used, I think half a Coke can is about how much uranium
Waste you'd have left over, whereas you'd probably have your whole yard stacked up five stories of coal.”
Rodman: There Has Never Been a Stored Nuclear Waste Accident in History
“There has never been an accident with nuclear waste in the history.”
Rodman: All US Nuclear Waste Ever Accumulated Fits on One Football Field
“In the United States, all the nuclear waste we've ever accumulated, you know, over the last
Can fit on a football field 10 feet.”
DeWitte: Existing US Nuclear Waste Could Power Country for Over 100 Years
“For over a hundred years.”
DeWitt: Fast reactors can reduce nuclear waste storage timelines to centuries
“Fast reactors in particular have some neat attributes where they can not just use this fuel efficiently, but they can use waste from other reactors and themselves quite efficiently and economically so, right? That's been one of the big hangups and holdups for …”
DeWitt: All US commercial nuclear waste fits on one football field
“Nuclear power has produced, you know, a lot of energy for decades right? Producing 20% of our energy for, well, I don't, 30 plus, 40 plus years, and then before that as well. And the amount of waste it's produced would fit on a football field, being like, you …”