Kevin O'Leary

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128 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 20 Jul

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Short Wave · Are Trump and AI driving a nuclear power boom? · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

And the bottom line, they said, is that safety is their number one priority and that these changes help unstick this long-stuck nuclear industry. matched

Quote, the reduction of unnecessary regulations will increase innovation in the industry without jeopardizing safety. matched

When I've spoken to industry folks, I've heard something similar. matched

So, for example, Isaiah Taylor, CEO of a company called Valor Atomics, they actually just got their reactor up and running in Utah in mid-June and were powering a little AI microchip that they run a website off of. matched

It's kind of cute. matched

Isaiah told me he thinks building these test reactors are actually going to make things more safe. matched

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So really like getting the data before they build the commercial reactors, he says they can take that to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who will eventually oversee this and they could build a much safer reactor with some actual data. matched

And I, you know, it's an interesting argument. matched

Well, there are still several companies to go. matched

We should see more reactors going critical this fall, which will be interesting. matched

As I just mentioned, the next thing they all have to do is take the data from these test reactors and go through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the much more independent safety body that oversees commercial nuclear power plants. matched

But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is actually rewriting its rules, too. matched

And so it'll be interesting to see how that all plays out. matched

I'll be watching that very closely. matched

And then, assuming they get approval, there's the potential that these reactors are going to start appearing all over the country. matched

Wherever there's a data center or a bunch of data centers, you might see a little cluster of these small modular reactors. matched

But I do want to say one more thing, Gina. matched

Which is, I... matched

don't know if they have proven yet that these reactors are actually economically viable. matched

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