Thorium Nuclear Reactors

Jonathan is joined by Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and author of Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End, Kate Clancy 

Guest: Colonel Chris Hadfield, retired Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel, Test Pilot, and CSA Astronaut 

The next generation of nuclear power plants could be tiny, and that could mean big things for carbon-free electricity. Several companies including NuScale Power and Bill Gates’ TerraPower are developing small modular reactors that promise to be more adaptable than the towering co ...  Show more

Guest presented by Liz Bonnin. As the UK strives to achieve net zero by 2050, nuclear energy is looking more and more likely as a key player in reaching this goal. But it’s not just massive power plants like Hinkley point C - there’s are newer smaller reactors on the scene: small ...  Show more

Nuclear energy could help stem climate change, but economic conditions aren’t favorable for many existing nuclear power plants.