nuclear energy

“Because it is the fastest way for us to get to carbon neutral.”

“The same people who want carbon neutral, i.e. Greenpeace is the one of the largest advocates against nuclear.”

“The very scary thing about nuclear is despite all of the progress, It will get bogged down in litigation and bureaucracy.”

“And let's be honest, a lot of the climate change problems we have today, we would not have if we had invested in nuclear.”

“We've taken so many steps backwards from nuclear that it's probably just going to take decades. And it's going to take some cataclysmic climate change event where the only way out Is this super abundant energy source where you're willing to basically say, ah, …”

“Guys, Fukushima didn't happen by accident. There was a like an incredible tsunami which was triggered by a massive earthquake. You're talking about these extremely long tail events. Yes, the retaining walls could have been built better, but these are things we…”

“In fact, there are things like nuclear, which I just think he's wrong about.”

“The regulatory support in the United States for nuclear is so constipated that it's impossible to get it done. So you could have the greatest technology in the world. I just don't see how the laws change fast enough and the zoning changes fast enough and the N…”

“I'm for nuclear energy. I'm for smart modular nuclear energy. I'm for looking at how we build nuclear energy. Here in the United States in a safe way, but in one that I agree that our part, my party has been opposed to largely.”

“Nuclear is going to be a big part of it, but it's not going to happen tomorrow.”

“I like nuclear. I just think it's 10 years away. It's just not an investable thing for the next time.”

“Today you can talk to a venture funded startups. And there's at least 10 that are out there today that are chasing new designs.”

“Nuclear? I can't. Because that'll take till 2035.”

“The World Bank undid a rule around being able to fund nuclear energy”

“And so now we are several decades behind where China is with respect to nuclear, which is ultimately the most scalable energy production system we have.”

“It's the safest form of energy production we've ever seen, for amount of energy it's produced and the amount of negative impacts, but people think it's the scariest and the most dangerous.”

“The goal of the Trump administration is to reverse that strangulation of nuclear and let it fly again, but you're right, it'll take some time.”

“We set a target for 20 35, for example, for that. We have been one of the most forwardly administrations in the history of this country on nuclear energy, and we're trying to get that up to speed and running and supplying energy for Americans as soon as humanl…”