Ep. 88 - Andrew Daniels, After Fukushima
In this episode we discuss...
- Andrew’s personal journey in the nuclear industry
- Andrew’s book After Fukushima
- How nuclear’s adaptation or lack thereof has shaped our physical, social, and environmental history
- How Chernobyl and Fukushima shifted nuclear public relations
- How different countries view purchasing reactors versus homebuilt reactors
- Why nuclear is ultimately safer than every other energy source particularly coal
- The economics of nuclear waste and repositories including Yucca Mountain
- The Linear No-Threshold Theory of Radiation
- Why Andrew supports 1990s reactor designs over new designs