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Mar 2024
47m 51s

A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the...

Andreessen Horowitz
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Nuclear energy accounts for 20% of the electricity in the United States, but remarkably, 2023 marked the commissioning of the U.S.'s first new nuclear reactor in over three decades. The past few years have been a story of changing public opinion, but equally, innovative startups crafting groundbreaking reactor designs and an ambitious announcement by the U.S ... Show More
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