Paul Mecurio
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That's right. There'll be a time when I can take my nuclear waste to the dump on a Sunday. On your own, yeah.
That's right. There'll be a time when I can take my nuclear waste to the dump on a Sunday. On your own, yeah.
You have the right little bins for the right sort of waste. I have a guy who sorts my radiation. You got a guy? Yeah, I pay him 50 bucks and he's like whatever.
You have the right little bins for the right sort of waste. I have a guy who sorts my radiation. You got a guy? Yeah, I pay him 50 bucks and he's like whatever.
He's easy to find, he's glowing. Can you explain to me why, this is gonna sound like a neophyte question, but like why we haven't gotten better at reducing the amount of radioactive waste that gets generated in these processes And is there an attempt or again, are all you scientists just lazy?
He's easy to find, he's glowing. Can you explain to me why, this is gonna sound like a neophyte question, but like why we haven't gotten better at reducing the amount of radioactive waste that gets generated in these processes And is there an attempt or again, are all you scientists just lazy?
Tom wanted a new challenge. If we're talking about not in my neighborhood, right? How you get people to come on board, which is great. Education, give people knowledge about safety. If you want to get people on board and you have a nuclear power plant, small or large, in their neighborhood, just put a Chick-fil-A in it. If you've got a Chick-fil-A attached to a nuclear power plant,
Tom wanted a new challenge. If we're talking about not in my neighborhood, right? How you get people to come on board, which is great. Education, give people knowledge about safety. If you want to get people on board and you have a nuclear power plant, small or large, in their neighborhood, just put a Chick-fil-A in it. If you've got a Chick-fil-A attached to a nuclear power plant,
People are on board. You do a little drive-thru. You enjoy the— That's how that works.
People are on board. You do a little drive-thru. You enjoy the— That's how that works.
Is this the new PR campaign for the Department of Nuclear Energy? Exactly.
Is this the new PR campaign for the Department of Nuclear Energy? Exactly.
in our ever quest for capitalism and to market anything that we can that this these SMRs become so small that literally they'll be marketed as you could have your own nuclear reactor in your house right like I could see a day your own power generator that's the whole fusion Mr. Fusion but that's like gives a whole new meaning to nuking leftovers is that the limit of this you're gonna literally nuke leftovers and here's and here's an example in 1968 the movie 2001 came out imagining the world
in our ever quest for capitalism and to market anything that we can that this these SMRs become so small that literally they'll be marketed as you could have your own nuclear reactor in your house right like I could see a day your own power generator that's the whole fusion Mr. Fusion but that's like gives a whole new meaning to nuking leftovers is that the limit of this you're gonna literally nuke leftovers and here's and here's an example in 1968 the movie 2001 came out imagining the world
And this is exactly, and Gary referenced it in comparison to smartphone development. It could get, these reactors could get so small.
And this is exactly, and Gary referenced it in comparison to smartphone development. It could get, these reactors could get so small.
I want to go to a picnic and show off and go, anybody want a smoothie? Here we go. I'm going to power it with my nuclear miniaturized... That seems like an overkill, but... You could just shake them. No, it's a damn good smoothie. Not the way I make it. With energy powder, strawberries, bananas.
I want to go to a picnic and show off and go, anybody want a smoothie? Here we go. I'm going to power it with my nuclear miniaturized... That seems like an overkill, but... You could just shake them. No, it's a damn good smoothie. Not the way I make it. With energy powder, strawberries, bananas.