nuclear power plant

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10 statements across 8 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 19, 2020 by David Friedberg · across every show →

Everything said about nuclear power plant, oldest first

Sep 19, 2020

Assertion Contradicted

Friedberg: US nuclear plant regulatory approval costs ballooned to ~$10B

“It's something like ten billion dollars now from maybe, you know, a hundred million you know, two decades ago.”

David Friedberg Sep 19, 2020 ▶ 1:10:35 E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021

Nov 20, 2021 positive

Assertion Partly supported

Friedberg: China has commissioned 150 new nuclear power plants

“China's building a 150 nuclear power plants. They've commissioned a 150 nuclear power plants.”

David Friedberg Nov 20, 2021 ▶ 1:05:05 E56: Constitution DAO, Rittenhouse trial coverage, private sector efficiency vs the government

Nov 19, 2022

Assertion Contradicted

Friedberg: China declared plans to build 450 nuclear power plants

“China's declared that they're building 450 nuclear power plants.”

David Friedberg Nov 19, 2022 ▶ 31:17 E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump

Nov 19, 2022

Assertion Supported

Friedberg: Effective nuclear power costs 1 to 5 cents per kWh

“The net cost, effective cost of electricity production out of a nuclear power plant is somewhere between one and five cents per kilowatt hour.”

David Friedberg Nov 19, 2022 ▶ 31:21 E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump

Jan 20, 2023

Assertion Contradicted

Friedberg claims China is building 450 nuclear plants to reduce power costs

“They're building 450 nuclear power plants, they're going to get the cost of industrial power below five cents or four cents a kilowatt hour, and they're electrifying all their factories.”

David Friedberg Jan 20, 2023 ▶ 45:24 E112: Is Davos a grift? Plus: globalist mishaps, debt ceilings, TikTok's endgame & more

May 5, 2023 negative

Assertion Supported

RFK Jr. asserts no utility will build nuclear plants without subsidies

“There is no public utility on the face of the earth that will build one of those plants without massive public subsidies, not one.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 ▶ 1:09:21 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Oct 18, 2024 bearish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Sacks: US communities will block small modular nuclear reactors

“I just don't think your typical community wants a nuclear power plant in their backyard, and I don't think it matters that much if it's a small modular one either.”

David Sacks Oct 18, 2024 ▶ 51:54 Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY

Oct 18, 2024 negative

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Sacks: Nuclear plants will end up sited in poor communities

“Because they're going to put these things in poor communities.”

David Sacks Oct 18, 2024 ▶ 1:10:18 Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY

Jan 25, 2025 positive

Insight

Calacanis: US must build more nuclear power plants to win AI race

“There's only one way for us to win, and that's to build new, more nuclear power plants”

Jason Calacanis Jan 25, 2025 ▶ 1:49:51 Trump's First Week: Inauguration Recap, Executive Actions, TikTok, Stargate + Sacks is Back!

Sep 8, 2025 bullish

Assertion Contradicted

Friedberg: A gigawatt nuclear plant generates $4M daily on $12k fuel

“To have a gigawatt nuclear power plant is only burning three to four million bucks. Sorry, it's only burning about four, yeah, three to four million of electricity per day for 12,000 bucks of fuel, of uranium fuel.”

David Friedberg Sep 8, 2025 ▶ 1:36 The Hidden Truth About the US Energy Grid: Subsidies, Demand & Rising Prices - Chris Wright

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