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An agreement has been concluded to renew the Generation IV International Forum, which aims to build on its first 25 years of sharing research and development on innovative nuclear reactor designs. In this episode, William D Magwood IV, Director-General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, which supports GIF as its Technical Secretariat, explains how the forum came about, how it works, what the key achievements have been so far and what the hopes for the future are.He says that originally it was expected to be governments and government laboratories taking the lead, but now the private sector is doing it "which is very energising and very exciting". He says a key priority is to facilitate private sector success in the deployment of these technologies, albeit with challenges from working with IP issues across the private and public sector, and looks ahead to some lead countries demonstrating how these technologies can be regulated effectively.All in all, he believes that the future for nuclear energy "is brighter than it's probably been in history".In the World Nuclear News round-up Claire Maden reports on what we know so far about the impact on the nuclear sector from the return to the White House of US President Donald Trump, while Warwick Pipe has an update on the French nuclear power programme, following the Flamanville EPR's long-awaited connection to the grid.Key links to find out more:World Nuclear NewsGen IV International ForumClimate and energy in Trump's Day One executive ordersFrench auditor warns of challenges for EPR2 programmeFrance's Flamanville EPR starts supplying powerEmail newsletter:Sign up to the World Nuclear News daily or weekly news round-ups via our websiteContact info:alex.hunt@world-nuclear.orgEpisode credit:  Presenter Alex Hunt. Co-produced and mixed by Pixelkisser Production

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✈ A quick note: I will be traveling through the middle of the month and will be posting a bit less than usual and perhaps a bit shorter than usual.After decades of resistance to nuclear power, growing concern over climate change, rising electricity needs, and a desire for greater energy independence are spurring renewed public interest in a future powered by atomic fission (perhaps fusion, too). Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I talk to Dr. Mike Goff about the state of US nuclear power, the developing advancements in nuclear technology, and what it will take to reach our vast potential.Goff is the acting assistant secretary and the principal deputy assistant secretary for the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy. He previously spent over 30 years at Idaho National Laboratory, including a major advisory and management role. He has written over 70 publications on the nuclear fuel cycle.In This Episode* Atomic Age 2.0 (1:31)* Major concerns (7:37)* Out of practice (11:04)* Next-generation policy (17:38)* Human capital (21:48)* Fusion forecast (23:12)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversationAtomic Age 2.0 (1:31)The Energy Secretary recently spoke about adding a lot more nuclear capacity, tripling it, I think, by 2050 or so. And before we get into whether that's possible, I wanted to ask you: As you understand it, what is the current consensus explanation for why the Nuclear and Atomic Age of the '50s and '60s, why that kind of ended? Because when the secretary spoke about building more capacity, I thought about the — and this is something maybe a lot of people are unaware of, that President Nixon had a plan to build a lot of more nuclear reactors in this country back in the '70s during the oil crisis; that didn't happen, and we all know about Three Mile Island. But is there a consensus as to why Atomic Age 1.0 came to an end? Obviously we still get a lot of energy from nuclear, but not what people had imagined 40 years ago.There are a variety of reasons. We did build a lot at one point, and we were building 10 plants a year, pretty extensive builds out there. We did then have Three Mile Island in the late '70s, and then we got costs started going up, and schedules started increasing on the builds, and we ended up not having a lot of energy growth, in fact, we went for a long period where we weren't having a lot of energy growth, and we had a lot of other energy sources, natural gas, coal, and all. We had a lot of other energy sources out there as well. So yeah, we became pretty stagnated around 20 percent of the electricity. But now, like you say, yeah, there's been a big change in what we think the needs are for nuclear going forward, for a variety of reasons.My background is journalism, and as a journalist I've written, I know, multiple stories in my life about a Nuclear Renaissance. So I'm wondering why this time looks to be different. You suggested in your previous answer that there might be some reasons. What are those reasons that we may be entering a new age where we will see an expansion in the nuclear sector?I do think we will see that expansion, and, in fact, I think we have to see that expansion, and it's because of a lot of the positive attributes of nuclear right now. Obviously there's a lot of focus on trying to get more clean energy out there, and nuclear is a large base load source of clean energy. And it's not just CO2 emission, but it doesn't emit particulates and all, as well, so it's good air, good quality of life. So it has those key attributes. But there are other clean energy sources as well: renewables, hydro, and all that. But I think the recognition that, if you are going to go toward decarbonization, you need still base load electricity too. You need base load electricity to help intermittent sources like renewables to be able to expand more as well. So nuclear is very good at enabling decarbonization, not just by adding clean electricity to the grid, but enabling you to expand out other renewables like wind and solar and all, as well.Additionally, nuclear is very reliable. Of the energy sources, it has the highest capacity factor of any of the energy sources. In the United States, we run 93 percent of the time, so the existing fleet that we have out there of 94 plants, they're producing a 100 percent of the power 93 percent of the time, which dwarfs what any other energy source does out there as well.Nuclear is safe. At times people are concerned about safety, but, in reality, it's actually one of the safest energy sources out there and continues to demonstrate that.It's resilient for different weather-related events. It can still produce electricity out there as well. It also has a lot of energy security. And as we've learned, unfortunately, from Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, we recognize energy security is national security, so nuclear really does help us on that national security front. It provides an energy source that we can largely on-source from us and our allies. We've got assured fuel supplies, and provides that long-term power. You can put fuel in it and it can last for two years or so.And I guess one other thing I'll add out there as well, is it's a job creator. Of the different energy sources, the amount of jobs associated with nuclear are some of the highest on the amount of electricity produced. And when you actually start building nuclear, like we saw in Vogtle in Georgia where they were building the two plants, it creates huge amounts of jobs. In fact, I heard a stat recently that 35,000 union workers were trained as part of the construction of the Vogtle power plant, so it's a good job creator in all, as well. And again, the power density is great, it doesn't take up a lot of space, and with the advanced technologies that we've developed in the United States, you've continued to increase in the safety, you can have plants of a variety of different sizes that can be easily deployed to, say, retiring coal plants. It just has a lot of flexibility that it hasn't had in the past, but also it's that key recognition of its clean energy attributes, but its energy security attributes as well.Major concerns (7:37)I did not major in nuclear science, I majored in history and political science, but I remember I took a class as an undergraduate at Northwestern University on the nuclear fuel cycle, and I remember to this day that my professor — of course, this was obviously a while ago, and I think what most of the students knew about nuclear energy was probably Three Mile Island — and I remember to this day distinctly the professor saying, “If they wanted to build a nuclear reactor in my backyard, I would be totally fine with it.” He had zero fear on the safety issue. Now when you give that rap that you just gave me about the wonders of nuclear energy before regular people, what is their response? Do they worry about the nuclear waste? Do they worry about safety? Are they immediately sold, or what are the concerns that typically get raised to you?You brought them up. I mean, safety is brought up because you do see these high profile accidents like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima, which were accidents. They weren't good things that you want to have happen, but the industry's also a very learning industry. The improvements that come out of those events have just made the industry even safer and safer. And again, it's still safer than most any other electricity-producing industry out there as well.Waste does get brought up. We have not implemented a final disposal solution for the spent fuel from our reactors, but we have safely stored and managed the spent fuel over the last six decades, and the amount of fuel that's generated, I think the stat that gets tossed around, you could fit it all in a Walmart parking lot. This is not a lot of material because it's a high energy-density fuel. It's not a lot of material, and again, we safely manage that and store that. We have countries now that are moving forward with geological repositories, which we need to be doing in the United States. In fact, just last week, I went and visited the repository that hopefully will be operating next year in Finland for disposing of their spent fuel. We can do that, it's not a technical issue, so we can safely manage the spent fuel.The other issue that always comes up is still cost. We do have to demonstrate now that we can build these plants safely, and efficiently, and at a reasonable cost. On the Vogtle plant there were cost overruns and schedule overruns, but between Vogtle Unit 3 and Unit 4, there was about a 30 percent reduction in costs between those plants, so we are starting to get to where we can be deploying nth-of-a-kind cost plants out there as well. And hopefully with some of the small modular reactor designs and all that are going to rely more on modular construction, we can even get to nth-of-a-kind cost even quicker. It still takes some pushing and understanding to make sure that people do understand the advancements that have been made on nuclear technology, that it's not our parents' nuclear technology, there's a new round of technology out there.Out of practice (11:04)You raised two good points there. The cost issue, and that's a great stat about the Vogtle plant and the reduction between the two reactors. Is it your sense that the fact that we haven't been consistently building reactors and learning from the previous build, and having trained people who've worked on multiple reactors, that each one has become like this bespoke mega project? It's my sense, and it seems logical, at least to me, that that has been a cost driver, that we haven't been able to churn these out like 10 a year, every year, decade after decade, because clearly, if that was the case, I don't see how we don't learn how to build them better, faster, and more efficiently. But that's not what we've been doing, obviously.That's right. It's not. Even when I say with Vogtle, you had to stand back up the whole supply chain, you had to retrain the workforce, so there was a lot of learning in that process, even though, too, we did recognize on that plant you need to have designs very well finalized and standardized as well. One of the problems we realized from the buildout of the 90-something plants that we have now is no two plants were ever that similar. Everyone wanted to make a tweak in their plant, so we never got to where we had standardized designs. So I think now that we're getting that trained workforce, getting the supply chain up there, and our vendors are really saying, “We're doing standardized plants. If someone else wants to make a tweak on this plant, they have to go somewhere else,” that people are going to go with standardized designs so we can really replicate these and get that cost benefit from it. The challenges that you brought up, we have to overcome, and I think we're set up now to be able to overcome that. I appreciate all the effort that went into building Units 3 and 4 at Vogtle. We've got enough benefit from that learning there and hopefully build very soon here.There's a world where we have tripled our nuclear generating capacity, as Secretary Granholm said. Can that be a world where we get all our nuclear power from light water nuclear reactors, or must there be different kinds of reactors? You mentioned the small modular reactors, and I've interviewed startups doing microreactors, I don't know, maybe they'll be used to power data centers, but can that world of greatly increased nuclear generation, even with improvements in light water reactors, must there be different kinds of reactors?I wouldn't say “must.” I think there will be. I think we will have that variability. I think we will still have large plants being built. I think maybe five years ago you wouldn't hear that people were talking about building gigawatt-sizes plants again. I think we'll have the gigawatt-size plants, we'll have the small modular reactors that are water-cooled, but I think we will get some of those advanced reactors out there: the Generation IV reactors, the sodium-cooled fast reactors that have the capacity to be able to burn waste better and also increase the sustainability of the amount of fuel they use. I think you'll also have the high-temperature gas reactors that are helium-cooled, that use TRISO fuel. You'll have those because we need to not only decarbonize the electricity sector, we've got to decarbonize the industrial sector. That's much more challenging, and the high temperatures that can be provided from those reactors will help us in that decarbonization process. So I think we will have a mixture out there. There are cases where the Gen IV systems are going to be better than the gigawatt-sized plants for the needs that are out there, but large power plants are going to be needed as well. Especially, like you say, you bring up the data centers, the amount of growth that we're hearing for electricity right now, I think again, we'll see gigawatt-sized plants will be needed to be able to meet that growth.Yeah, I tell you, nothing frustrates me more than reading about what AI could perhaps do for our economy and then having people say, “Well, but we know we can't do it because we can't supply the power” or “We can't supply enough clean power,” I mean, well then it'd be sure great to have more nuclear energy. And I wonder, as you sort of tick off some of the potential advances and new kinds of reactors, maybe I look backward too much, but I can't help but wonder what nuclear reactors would be like today, where we would be today, maybe we would already have fusion reactors had we proceeded with this kind of momentum every decade since 1980. It drives me crazy, and you're a nuclear engineer, that must drive you crazy.It does, I've been doing this . . . my first job in the nuclear industry was almost 40 years ago when I was still in college, and there have definitely been ups and downs in funding. In fact, there were some periods where there was almost zero research and development dollars spent in the government on nuclear energy. Luckily, though, the thing that we have is, under the four presidential administrations, there's been a real steady climb in the recognition of the importance of nuclear, and the funding to support it. So I'm happy that we have had this period that goes back to the early 2000s that's been really steady growth in recognition of nuclear. If we would've not had some of those laws in the late '80s and '90s, yeah, we could probably be further ahead, especially on some of the advanced technologies. Because yes, some of those advanced technologies started on research that was back in the '50s, '60s and '70s: the sodium-cooled fast reactor, the molten salt reactor, all of those were based on R&D that we did back in the early days, as well.Next-generation policy (17:38)Which leads me to this question: You work for the government. I work for a public policy think tank, so of course I'm going to think about: Given where we are today, what government needs to do going forward, both on the R&D front and on the regulatory front, are we doing enough basic research for whatever the next, or the next next generation of nuclear is, and do we now have the kind regulatory framework we need for that next generation of reactors?I'll go to the research one first—and I should note, my background is, I'm an R&D person, I came out of the national labs, so of course we always need more research and development. But that said, we have been blessed by funding from Congress and the administration that there's a significant amount of money for research and development in the United States. And I'll say that's good, because the one thing I will note, I do believe innovation in the US, as far as the nuclear technology, we are the best. The technologies that we're developing and our vendors are deploying it, really, it is the cutting edge technology, so it's good we have that R&D, and it's important, as you know, we need to continue to have it to move forward on that next generation of technologies and continue to make improvements on the technologies out there. So I think we have a good research base.There's some infrastructure that we still need if we start deploying, say, when we mentioned that sodium-cooled fast reactor, we don't have a testing capability for that type of system. We shut down our last testing system on a fast reactor in 1994. We would probably need some additional infrastructure. But again, we have a pretty good base. And I'll say that also on the regulatory side. We do have a pretty good base as well. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is obviously focused on light water reactors throughout its history, but they've actually been doing a good job at being able to work with some of the developers. We have three entities out there that are working on Generation IV reactors. TerraPower did submit their construction authorization to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and they've accepted it, so they're working well with them, even though they have a water-based system. Hopefully X-energy, who's doing a high-temperature gas reactor, working with the government and all, as well, will be moving forward, as well. And we've had a third that's working in the molten salt space, a molten salt-cooled reactor that has already received a construction permit to go forward on a prototype reactor, a Kairos company.I'm sure there's got to be reforms still on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and make sure that we are timely and responding to license applications, but they are moving in the right direction. There's been a lot of interface with various laws, whether it's the NEICA (Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act), or NEIMA (Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act), two bills that were passed a little while back looking at reforming. And I think there still needs to be improvements and still need to be increase in the resource and capacity of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but they're heading in the right direction.We have a good regulator, and that's one of the things that helps us make sure we feel that we can deploy this technology safely here, but also helps us in exporting our technology, where we can say, “Our technology has been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” which has such a high view externally in other countries, that helps us. So I want them to continue to be that safe regulator, but again, they are continuing to work to improve and streamline the process. Hopefully we get toward where we're standardizing, that we don't have to have a lot of interface and we don't — that'll come to the utilities, too — we don't make changes once we've got something approved, so we hopefully can speed up the process from the utility side, and all is well.Human capital (21:48)Are we going to turn out enough nuclear engineers? I imagine that, for a while, that probably seemed like a hard sell to someone who had an interest in science and engineering, to be in this industry versus some others. Probably a little easier sell; are we going to have enough people going into that to build all these reactors?We are going to need to continue to increase it. We're already seeing the uptick, though, in that area. I'll note: Our office, the office of Nuclear Energy, we've really — going back to the 2010 timeframe — really recognized that we needed to do more in that area, so we actually started investing almost 20 percent of our R&D budget to the universities to hopefully foster that next generation. And in fact, this year we just hit the mark where we've now spent $1 billion since the start of those programs on the universities to make sure we're doing R&D there and getting that next generation of folks out there. It's something that we've got to continue to focus on to make sure that we do. Because yeah, if we triple, it's going to need a lot more nuclear engineers. But I also note, the thing I'm concerned about also is making sure we have the right trades and all, as well. If we're building these plants, making sure you have the welders, the pipe fitters, and all, that's going to be a big challenge, as well, especially if we're going to start building, say, 10 plants a year. That's a lot of people out there.Fusion forecast (23:12)I'm excited about the prospects for nuclear fusion, and I've talked to people at startups, and it has probably looked as promising as it ever has. How promising is it? How should I think about it as being part of our energy solution going forward, given where we're at? In fact, there are no commercial nuclear fusion reactors right now. Obviously people at startups give a lot of optimistic forecasts. How should I even think about that as being a partial solution in the coming decades? How do you look at it, at least?I think it can be part of the solution in the coming decades. I think some of the changes that's taken place, especially over the last two years where there is more of a change to focus on, not fusion as a science program, but fusion as deployment, as an energy producer, you look at it as an applied energy. I think that's an important change that's occurred over the last two years, and the fusion programs within the Department of Energy are much more focused to that. It's similar to what's happened somewhat with fission. Fission, about 15 years ago, it was government-driven, and you pull along industry, until about 15 years ago you started having industry investing a lot of money and pulling along the government. You're now starting to see that happen in fusion, where people are doing a lot of a private investment, they're pulling along the government, and the government's working to see, how can we use the resources of the government to enable it? So I think it will happen. I don't think fusion is going to be producing electricity to the grid this decade, but I think the vision that's been put forth by the government is their bold, decade-old vision to have a fusion pilot facility sometime within the decade. I think that is feasible. So maybe before the 2050s you can start having fusion generating some of our electricity. I'm a fission person at my heart, but I think fusion is, we're getting much more focused on moving it forward as an electricity source, and that'll help it be able to be deployed sometime here in our lifetime.Faster, Please! is a reader-supported publication. 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A resume mix-up landed a material scientist into a data scientist role. This happy accident led him to discover how data drives the design and operation of materials and experiments.   At its core, nuclear energy is all about generating electricity by converting water to steam to drive a turbine - very, very powerfully. But there's a ton of data management that goes into its successful operation.   Our guest this week is David Pham, a senior materials engineer at TerraPower, who talks about his current projects Natrium, a Gen IV nuclear reactor, and ARMI, their in-house materials database solution. Join us as we also discuss:  

1) Armando's experience at university, his interest in thermalhydraulics, and how both of these things propelled him into his current position at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories 2) A technical deep dive into some facets of the Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor technology 3) Why the SCWR is being overlooked in the face of numerous other advanced reactor technologies 4) The chemical and mechanical processes of the SCWR and a look inside the world of those who study the technology - What are the popular opinions?

Mark Schneider is a nuclear futurist, a leading expert in emerging Gen IV Nuclear and the President of Gen IV Nuclear Inc. with over two decades of experience in the Nuclear Industry both in the United States Navy and as a commercial power plant operator. Mark has a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology. He has utilised his skills from his past Nuclear experience to develop his ability to educate and train the public on the emerging Gen IV Nuclear Technologies. His experience is beyond just the operations of nuclear power plants but also how new technologies can be associated with nuclear power. His Green Nuclear Deal is the answer to Climate Change that answers both the environment and economical effects. Gen IV will make negative CO2 emissions technologies viable. The idea is to directly suck carbon dioxide out of the air. There are start-ups working on this now and Gen IV Nuclear will make this a viable technology for the future. Mark strongly believes nuclear is much safer and cleaner than commonly believed. He sees Nuclear Energy as the greenest solution for decarbonising the grid but specifically utilising advance Generation IV Nuclear designs that are safe from meltdown and many have the ability to consume Nuclear waste as fuel. Find out more about Brian at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/subschneider Check out our YouTube Channel:Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes:https://www.jeremyryanslate.com/1079 You may watch the FULL Video Episode also via my Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/JeremyRyanSlate   Sponsors:MyPillow: Use the promo code: CYOL to get up to 60% off https://www.mypillow.com/ Parasite Control: Detox today at bravetv.store/cyol

Mark Schneider is a nuclear futurist, a leading expert in emerging Gen IV Nuclear and the President of Gen IV Nuclear Inc. with over two decades of experience in the Nuclear Industry both in the United States Navy and as a commercial power plant operator. Mark has a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology. He has utilised his skills from his past Nuclear experience to develop his ability to educate and train the public on the emerging Gen IV Nuclear Technologies. His experience is beyond just the operations of nuclear power plants but also how new technologies can be associated with nuclear power. His Green Nuclear Deal is the answer to Climate Change that answers both the environment and economical effects. Gen IV will make negative CO2 emissions technologies viable. The idea is to directly suck carbon dioxide out of the air. There are start-ups working on this now and Gen IV Nuclear will make this a viable technology for the future. Mark strongly believes nuclear is much safer and cleaner than commonly believed. He sees Nuclear Energy as the greenest solution for decarbonising the grid but specifically utilising advance Generation IV Nuclear designs that are safe from meltdown and many have the ability to consume Nuclear waste as fuel. Find out more about Brian at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/subschneider Check out our YouTube Channel:Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes:https://www.jeremyryanslate.com/1079 You may watch the FULL Video Episode also via my Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/JeremyRyanSlate   Sponsors:MyPillow: Use the promo code: CYOL to get up to 60% off https://www.mypillow.com/ Parasite Control: Detox today at bravetv.store/cyol

Mark Schneider is a nuclear futurist, a leading expert in emerging Gen IV Nuclear and the President of Gen IV Nuclear Inc. with over two decades of experience in the Nuclear Industry both in the United States Navy and as a commercial power plant operator. Mark has a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology. He has utilised his skills from his past Nuclear experience to develop his ability to educate and train the public on the emerging Gen IV Nuclear Technologies. His experience is beyond just the operations of nuclear power plants but also how new technologies can be associated with nuclear power. His Green Nuclear Deal is the answer to Climate Change that answers both the environment and economical effects. Gen IV will make negative CO2 emissions technologies viable. The idea is to directly suck carbon dioxide out of the air. There are start-ups working on this now and Gen IV Nuclear will make this a viable technology for the future. Mark strongly believes nuclear is much safer and cleaner than commonly believed. He sees Nuclear Energy as the greenest solution for decarbonising the grid but specifically utilising advance Generation IV Nuclear designs that are safe from meltdown and many have the ability to consume Nuclear waste as fuel. Find out more about Etienne at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/subschneider Check out our YouTube Channel:Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes:https://www.jeremyryanslate.com/1078 You may watch the FULL Video Episode also via my Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/JeremyRyanSlate   Sponsors:MyPillow: Use the promo code: CYOL to get up to 60% off https://www.mypillow.com/ Parasite Control: Detox today at bravetv.store/cyol

Mark Schneider is a nuclear futurist, a leading expert in emerging Gen IV Nuclear and the President of Gen IV Nuclear Inc. with over two decades of experience in the Nuclear Industry both in the United States Navy and as a commercial power plant operator. Mark has a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology. He has utilised his skills from his past Nuclear experience to develop his ability to educate and train the public on the emerging Gen IV Nuclear Technologies. His experience is beyond just the operations of nuclear power plants but also how new technologies can be associated with nuclear power. His Green Nuclear Deal is the answer to Climate Change that answers both the environment and economical effects. Gen IV will make negative CO2 emissions technologies viable. The idea is to directly suck carbon dioxide out of the air. There are start-ups working on this now and Gen IV Nuclear will make this a viable technology for the future. Mark strongly believes nuclear is much safer and cleaner than commonly believed. He sees Nuclear Energy as the greenest solution for decarbonising the grid but specifically utilising advance Generation IV Nuclear designs that are safe from meltdown and many have the ability to consume Nuclear waste as fuel. Find out more about Etienne at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/subschneider Check out our YouTube Channel:Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes:https://www.jeremyryanslate.com/1078 You may watch the FULL Video Episode also via my Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/JeremyRyanSlate   Sponsors:MyPillow: Use the promo code: CYOL to get up to 60% off https://www.mypillow.com/ Parasite Control: Detox today at bravetv.store/cyol

What You Need to Know is the Prosecutors are Politically Targeting Americans. Donald Trump is clearly being targeted by the Manhattan DA, and it's absolutely horrendous for our nation. Forget the political implications, this is just unacceptable and we can't let it stand! These Soros-funded hacks and their political theater are tearing our cities apart. From Trump to St. Louis crime to January 6 defendants, we have to stop prosecutorial abuse.  Michael Volpe, investigative journalist, discusses one of his recent investigations from Pennsylvania. By all appearances, Joseph Marcy is sitting in jail now for false accusations of molesting his daughter. She has recanted her entire story and a mountain of evidence is piling up that she was coached by Child Protective Services and her mother. Judges are wading through it now, but courts have shot down his appeals on shaky ground. Follow Michael's investigations on his substack here.  Mark Schneider, Coast Guard engineer and former nuclear power professional, gives us an update on the green nuclear energy movement. Gen IV nuclear power is the wave of the future, but it's being hampered by regulation and media. Get all the facts and truth from Mark by following him on Twitter.  What You Need to Do is know your attorney general and state legislators and encourage them to stop prosecutorial abuse by district and circuit attorneys in your state!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Polar Opposites podcast, Nam's Compendium and That Boy Aqua conduct a Pokemon retrospective. Pokemon is a beloved series and worthy of multiple Pokemon podcast episodes. Here though, we just want to answer what is the best Pokemon game while giving our thoughts on Pokemon Sword and Shield, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.Nams Twitter: https://twitter.com/NamsCompendiumAquas Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBoyAqua - Chapters - Intro: 0:00 Spider-Man Lotus: 12:15 Introductions to Pokemon: 23:46 What makes Pokemon special: 31:38 Pokemon compared to other RPGs: 34:14 Gen I: 37:30 Gen II: 39:30 Gen III: 43:49 Gen IV: 48:12 Creepy Pokemon side tangent: 55:58 Gen IV: 1:11:05 Gen V: 1:17:42 Gen VI: 1:26:10 Gen VII: 1:32:46 Gen IIX: 1:34:08 BD & SP: 1:43:14 The state of the series: 1:48:16 Closing thoughts: 1:55:24

It is that time of year again where we find this podcast celebrating a nerd holiday that wraps February: Pokémon Day. EstoBro celebrates this show with the biggest nerds around with Izzy Takamono and Rob the Noob of the 4Nerds1Podcast with TV still trying to get a hotspot from his Arc Phone. The show begins with new hot video games that are out and how the nerd collective has way too much backlog to even purchase video games right now. The Gents start focusing on the topic by giving a full review of Pokémon Legends: Arceus...however because of how much these guys love talking, they bounce around all over the place (11:35). After a good month of gameplay, the Gents know how to recognize and point out the flaws that continue to harm Game Freak's final product. This also follows with the other demands that the Pokéfans have demanded over the course of the franchise, which to EstoBro's knowledge that the answer has been resolved for some time now (18:30). More of the argument leads to Izzy Tokomono educating the masses on where Pokémon has been ripping off Digimon, the other monster collector franchise (33:45), and nerds as a whole need to be more appreciative of this other major franchise and need to give it a chance if they have not already. After breaking down other elements that make a strong franchise after trading card collecting, merchandise, and anime; EstoBro's final resolution is that there needs to be a dedicated cornerstone of the Pokemon franchise that needs to grow up with the original fans (46:40). EstoBro brings up the attention of all the accolades Pokémon made during its 25th anniversary (65:35), while the Gents make a full tailored review of what games were released for the year with NEW Pokémon Snap, Pokémon Unite, and the Gen IV remakes of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. With those titles backing the year 2021, 2022 is off to a great start with Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Gents finally make their first impression take on the Gen IX reveal of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet versions dropping by this holiday season (85:15). EstoBro celebrates the internet for being cordial for the review, which could only lead to optimism on what the future of the Pokémon franchise has to hold for fans. It was such a delight to hear the 4Nerds on podwaves once more, we hope we hear more from them on future shows in collaboration. 

Come join us as we welcome three new games to our lists, then pour one out in commiseration as we wrestle, emotionally, with ourselves as we dustbin three more.Minty knocks back a tall glass of JRPG royalty as he makes way for Dragon Quest XI (in its expanded Switch port) to take residence on his list. Jonathan sups from the rogue-lite beaker as he ushers modern indie classic, Hades, into his century pile.Chris gets busy with the fizzy, taking a long draw through a short straw, as he attempts to justify his personal inclusion of genuine GOAT Ocarina of Time.Also, as is customary, a big dump of spoken word regarding our recent gaming activity. Minty's thoughts on Ni No Kuni early game, Jonathan's post-credits thoughts on both Pokemon's Gen IV's remake and PS5 launch title Demon's Souls, and Chris' wrap on Little Nightmares 2, Lego Lord of the Rings / Conquest, and Picross NP Vol 1.Visit o3c.games for more!———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Alex Dunn, Nathan Bain, Sam Roberts, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, and The Giraffe!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesMinty - www.twitter.com/clement_booSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

The segments of this episode were recorded on 12/1/21 and 12/4/21. In the weeks following the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, I was joined by Victory Road co-founder Kyle and Rai (Geek Each Week) to further discuss our feelings on the Gen IV remakes. Find this episode’s cohosts, Kyle & Rai: Kyle on Twitter: […]

The segments of this episode were recorded on 12/1/21 and 12/4/21. In the weeks following the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, I was joined by Victory Road co-founder Kyle and Rai (Geek Each Week) to further discuss our feelings on the Gen IV remakes. Find this episode's cohosts, Kyle & Rai: Kyle on Twitter: […]

To celebrate the upcoming release of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, we pick our Gen IV party! Find out the 6 that made our party and why. If you like what you hear, don't forget to check our previous episodes and our YouTube Series. Thanks y'all. https://linktr.ee/2dap

Jake and Sam discuss the best Pokemon (but no legendaries!) that belong to the 4th generation of Pokemon. HOSTS: Jake Naroden, Sam Ansa Check out our website: topfivenintendo.com @top5nintendo on Instagram and @top5nintendo on Twitter. This has been a production of Sixfive Media 2021

They call Sinnoh the "land of myths," and not just because at this point listeners thought Josh & Tanner would never reach it. But here we are, baby: season four, Gen IV, and a whole new cast of characters. In the premiere episode, we learn about who will be taking on the Sinnoh League, and how we'll be covering the differences between Pokémon Diamond/Pearl, and Platinum—as for the first time ever we're playing the third game of the main releases. Then, we get to the g-d story, including initial thoughts on Professor Rowan, our rivals, this obviously evil "Cyrus" guy, and of course—the region's first Pokémon that make Josh swoon and Tanner barf. We're si'noh glad to have you along for the journey. (We're still workshopping that one.) Notes: Thanks to our composer, Matt Shilts, who will be providing us with some hot new tracks to keep us warm on our ascent to Mt. Coronet!

Josh & Tanner kick off the final three episodes of the Gen III miniseries on the GameCube games. They give their first impressions of the 2005 sequel to Pokémon Colosseum, Gale of Darkness XD, including its eccentrically named trainers, new and old environments, and just what in Arceus's name those Cipher dimwits are up to this time. Also, get your Gen IV carts ready because we're (finally) headed to Sinnoh in just three weeks! Notes: Features "The Reason (8 Bit)" by Chiptune Planet, "I Took A Pill in Ibiza" by Mike Posner, and "I Took A Pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix)." RIP Avicii/Evice.

In this episode, we speak with Mark Schneider, who has often been called a nuclear futurist and a leading proponent and expert in emerging Gen IV Nuclear Technology. He has a Bachelors Degree in Nuclear Engineering and has spent over two decades working with advanced, small-scale reactors within the US Naval Nuclear Power Program. Mark is the proud father of six children and devotes a lot of his time to educating the general public and the policymakers about the implications of Gen IV nuclear technology through his own company. Research and articles written by today's guest: https://bit.ly/3kYskBC Book recommendations: * How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams (https://amzn.to/3kXbDGK) * Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini (https://amzn.to/3aDsfyo) * How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie (https://amzn.to/3hdUDd8) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/decade-of-2020-podcast-dr-tobias-straumann/donations

episode 36: Mark Schneider In this episode we discuss the future of Generation IV Nuclear with Nuclear Futurist Mark Schneider. Mark is a nuclear futurist and a leading expert in emerging Gen IV Nuclear (www.genIVnuclear.com). He has a Bachelors's Degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology and has spent 20 years working with advanced, small-scale nuclear reactors within the US Naval Nuclear Power Program. Mark dedicates himself to educating the public about the implications of Gen IV nuclear technology. He has more unique social media followers than all pro-nuclear groups combined and routinely conducts discussions on nuclear energy on his #GreenNuclearDeal periscope chats. Mark Schneider Info: Website | https://genivnuclear.com/ Twitter | @Subschneider

Mark Schneider is a Nuclear Futurist and a leading expert in emerging Gen IV nuclear power. He has a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology and has spent 20 years working with advanced small scale nuclear reactors within the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power Program. In this conversation, Mark and Anthony discuss all things nuclear power, how it works, and where the industry is going. CRYPTO.COM-----Crypto.com is a pioneering payment and cryptocurrency platform that seeks to accelerate the world's transition to cryptocurrency. With the vision of "cryptocurrency in every wallet", the Crypto.com App offers a full range of financial products with competitive pricing, well designed UX and high security. It is the best place to buy, sell and pay with crypto. TAXBIT-----Refund-maximizing, cryptocurrency tax software you can depend on. Visit taxbit.com/invite/pomp and receive 10% off your tax plan today by signing up for a free trial. ETORO-----This episode of Off the Chain is sponsored by eToro, the smartest crypto trading platform, and one of the largest in the world. Join 11 million other traders and create an account at etoro.com and build your crypto portfolio the smart way.

The Great Nuclear Debate ☢️ In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss the future of nuclear power and nuclear weapons technology... Broad Topics: Why is nuclear energy is such a critical topic to discuss right now? How is nuclear energy viewed by liberals and conservatives? How are scientists able to generate energy via nuclear reactions? What’s the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission? What's the difference between Gen I, Gen II, Gen III, and Gen IV reactors? What are the top 3 arguments in favor of pursuing a nuclear future? How does nuclear compares to other available energy sources? How have different countries embraced or shunned nuclear energy? What are the top 3 arguments against pursuing a nuclear future? What's the best way to deal with radioactive waste byproducts? Why is radiation bad for living beings; and, how bad is it really? What are the pros and cons of nuclear compare to other forms of energy? What are some notable nuclear startups and areas of innovation? Will nuclear energy become a competitive advantage for countries? Future Scenarios: Worst Case Scenario Best Case Scenario Most Likely Scenario Thanks for Listening!

Rick Maltese & Mike Conley lead a discussion about the coming Atomic Revolution to Gen IV reactor designs with three of it's leading architects and proponents: Ed Pheil of Elysium Industrie, Lars Jorgensen of ThorCon, and Rory O’Sullivan of Moltex Energy.

Jowy is back with stories from Japan, Meltan and Let’s Go are here, and Gen IV evolutions are finally a thing! Topics: Jowy in Japan Sinnoh Stones Let’s Go event Stat rebalance part deux Smaller events Gengar day Adventure sync Bug month Music credits: Delightful D Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution […]

We spent this Community Day with the gang and some really interesting things happened. We also chat about the Gen IV launch, the Halloween event, and a bunch more. Topics: Beldum Community Day First Gen IV regional! Gen IV Launch Niantic messing up left and right WTF Bidoof Day? Halloween event Meltan gets an evolution […]

Today, a special Diablo III Switch bundle announced, new Pokemon toys available at McDonalds, Gen IV released on Pokemon GO, and new releases for this week. Music: Theme from Swapnote --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nintendoseconds/support

Generation IV is right around the corner with a jam-packed update and we learned more about Meltan this week as we’re preparing for Beldum Community Day on this episode of GoCast! For full show notes and resources, visit our website - www.gocastpodcast.com! email us - mail@gocastpodcast.com visit our website - www.gocastpodcast.com follow us on twitter - @gocastpodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/gocastpodcast)

In this episode we discuss... Dave’s background in welding and his personal journey in the nuclear industry The advantages of welding versus a flange The history of ultrasonic inspection welds Fatigue and creep in fossil plants How data collected from materials testing in fossil plants now contributes to the nuclear industry Temperatures required in coal plants versus those required in nuclear plants The use of 3D printing in additive manufacturing on an industrial scale Improving the time and cost of producing small modular reactors and Gen IV reactors Manufacturing’s vital role in increasing nuclear’s scalability

In this episode we discuss... Neil’s background in the British Navy and his personal journey in the nuclear industry Neil’s work as a system engineer at Sizewell The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and its work to increase a power plant’s capacity factor and uptime Understanding a plant’s realtime risk profile EPRI’s relationship with the nuclear industry and where it gets its funding EPRI’s research surrounding operations and maintenance cost as well as capital cost EPRI’s long term work supporting small modular reactors Gen IV reactors and what we need to do now to support their implementation in the coming decades

Gen IV is breathing down our necks, Regirock is here with a new raid lineup, Chikorita will have her day, how to get your very own Celebi, the newest patch news and leaks, and so much more in this episode! For full show notes and resources, visit our website! email us - mail@gocastpodcast.com visit our website - www.gocastpodcast.com follow us on twitter - @gocastpodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/gocastpodcast)

Timantit on ikuisia vai helmiä sioille? Diamond ja Pearl muuttivat Pokémon-pelien maailmaa verkko-ominaisuuksillaan ja tämä muutti myös Poké-panelistiemme maailmankatsomuksen aivan vinksalleen ja tästä mullistavasta uutuudesta kuulet kaiken vain kuuntelemalla tämän jakson. Musiikit: Pokemon 1 Finnish Theme Pokémon – Diamond, Pearl … Lue loppuun →

Timantit on ikuisia vai helmiä sioille? Diamond ja Pearl muuttivat Pokémon-pelien maailmaa verkko-ominaisuuksillaan ja tämä muutti myös Poké-panelistiemme maailmankatsomuksen aivan vinksalleen ja tästä mullistavasta uutuudesta kuulet kaiken vain kuuntelemalla tämän jakson. Musiikit: Pokemon 1 Finnish Theme Pokémon – Diamond, Pearl … Lue loppuun →