Episode 72
Ep 72: David Blee, US Nuclear Industry Council
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
September 10, 201851m 3s
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Show Notes
In this episode we discuss...
- David's personal journey through the nuclear industry from executive vice president of NAC International to president of the US Nuclear Industry Council
- The history of energy in the US including the Advanced Reactor Program and why it went under
- Why closing the back end of the fuel cycle is important to worldwide trade in the nuclear sector
- The origins of the US Nuclear Industry Council and its start as a backend focus group
- A deep dive into Yucca Mountain's past, present, and future
- The Nuclear Industry Council's two main focuses of advanced technology and supply chain and the significance of each
- International competition in the nuclear industry and the US's edge in human capital
- Financing challenges in the US and how we can overcome them
- David's outlook on the US nuclear industry including potential non-light water reactor startups microreactors at the Department of Defense complex