Cracking the Nuclear Innovation Nut

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Cracking the Nuclear Innovation Nut

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Dec 22, 2023

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Humanity went from inducing the first fissions of heavy elements in 1938 to a nuclear powered submarine in just 16 years. Why has that tremendous pace of nuclear innovation seemingly slowed down to a crawl? Nuclear historian Nick Touran joins me for an in depth analysis of the historic preconditions of nuclear innovation and its opportunities and limits going into the future.

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Dec 22, 2023

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