Elemental Power

8 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 9, 2025 by Chris Colbert · said 14 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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May 9, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2033
Elemental Power expects its first nuclear plant to operate by 2032
“26 to 28, we're doing a construction permit. You know, 29, we start construction, and by 32, 33, we're operating the plant.”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 27:49 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Google deal directly funds Elemental Power's upfront nuclear project development costs
“They made investment, you know, mostly in the technology, but increasingly as this deal we're doing now with Google is in the upfront development, which is really the key part that needs to be re-risked.”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 10:57 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Light water reactors carry zero technology risk, only field construction challenges
“So, for light water reactor technology there really isn't a technology risk, it's just, Pulling together the right pieces to, you know, de-risk it in the front end to get to a final investment decision and then start construction and have a solid plan to be su…”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 17:37 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Elemental targets 4.2 GW nuclear capacity by 2030, 100 GW by 2040
“Our goal was to have a gigawatt under construction by twenty-thirty, 10 by 35, and a hundred gigawatts by twenty-forty. We're now looking at 4.2 gigawatts by twenty-thirty, so we've already, like, quadrupled that, or halfway there to our twenty-thirty-five goa…”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 36:11 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mature SMR capital costs will reach $10,000 per kilowatt
“Once you get down the curve, we're probably, you know, 10,000 dollars a kilowatt, so if you have a 600 megawatt plant, that'd be about six billion dollars. The first one might be, you know, 15, 20% more than that.”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 37:48 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Elemental Power to select winning nuclear reactor technologies within 18 months
“We're technology agnostic in the belief that, or the knowledge that we can go out and find sites that are amenable to the hyperscale is what they need for offtake and location that we can develop in a way that in a year from now or, A year and a half from now,…”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 11:57 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Google and Elemental Power announce 1.8 GW US nuclear portfolio
“Elemental came out of stealth this week and announced a big partnership with Google to develop a three-site portfolio of at least 1.8 gigawatts of new nuclear in the U.S.”
Shayle Kann May 9, 2025 ▶ 4:23 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
May 9, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Nuclear plant development timelines will fall from eight to five years
“I do see a path by which you get down to, from the seven to eight years, we're looking at the first ones, to getting down to five or six years, which to me really makes a game changer when people have their planning horizons.”
Chris Colbert May 9, 2025 ▶ 19:11 The U.S. nuclear groundswell
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