Isabelle Boemeke

So nuclear fuel is extremely energy dense.

It's about a million times more energy dense than fossil fuels.

Let's just say you're getting like a tiny gummy bear.

Everybody has seen a gummy bear before, right?

Yes.

So that has the same amount of energy as 2,000 pounds of coal.

2,000 pounds of coal.

Yes.

To create the same amount of energy.

So it's almost impossible to wrap our minds around

It's incomprehensible.

And there is no other, I don't think there's anything else on the planet that has the same energy density.

So why does that actually matter besides being a very cool fun fact?

Yeah.

And well, it's because when we talk about nuclear being better in every possible way, it means that we need way less mining because we need to use way less fuel than we would with any other source of energy.

That also means that you need way less space, both to just have a power plant, but then also to store, you know, the fuel and so on.

So that's why nuclear takes the least amount of land.

And it also requires the least amount of mining out of all energy sources.

Exactly.

So you're not creating those emissions, both from transporting, but also from mining.