• Small Reactors, Huge Potential: The Future of Nuclear Power | Doug Bernauer

  • Jan 3 2025
  • Length: 36 mins
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Small Reactors, Huge Potential: The Future of Nuclear Power | Doug Bernauer

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  • Entrepreneur, rocket engineer, and nuclear expert Doug Bernauer joined Rep. Crenshaw to discuss the future of portable nuclear energy, colonies on Mars, and the bureaucratic inertia standing in their way. A fascinating conversation with lots of insights into the science and the regulatory environment of space exploration and nuclear power.

    Doug Bernauer is the CEO of Radiant Nuclear, a startup developing mass produced portable nuclear reactors. Before that, Doug spent 12 years working on a variety of research and development projects for SpaceX. Follow him on X at @DougBernauer.

    • Learning from SpaceX’s culture of innovation

    • Overcoming the physical limitations of living on Mars

    • Nuclear-powered rockets

    • Small modular reactors and micro-reactors

    • Bringing nuclear power to overseas military bases

    • Risk analysis of nuclear power

    • Uranium Fuel 101

    • What stalled the 1960s nuclear power boom?

    • Regulatory reforms to kickstart nuclear again

    • Bringing the SpaceX model to nuclear

    • Deploying clean, cheap energy to remote regions

    • A Russian nuclear power station on the moon?
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