Scott Nolan
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So existing reactors need fuel.
Advanced reactors need fuel.
I think a lot of people forget about this.
You think, OK, I build a nuclear reactor.
And nuclear physics is really complicated.
But maybe it's almost like a perpetual motion machine.
But it's not.
It consumes fuel.
You reload the fuel every year to five to 10 years, depending on the reactor design.
And you need the fuel production, too.
And that's what we're working on.
If it soaked up all that energy, then you just don't have enough to go around.
So I think at a minimum, you see electricity rates go up for homeowners, for businesses.
If that happens, in California, there's occasional brownouts.
I think you see that more if there's not enough to go around.
So you're getting brownouts.
You're getting more expensive electricity.
You're probably losing manufacturing to overseas where there is available electricity.
or you're not getting AI.
So you're just going to halt that progress.