Spencer Cox
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Well, you set the table very well.
Operation Gigawatt is about doubling the energy production in the state of Utah, something that we need.
If you care about economic progress in our country, if you care about national security, and if you care about just prosperity in general, and the environment, if you care about the environment, you have to believe in nuclear power, and we do.
And so we are setting up that ecosystem so that the private sector will have the opportunity
to bring the latest inventions, to bring the best technology to bear.
And TerraPower is one of those technologies they're building right now.
And the only construction nuclear capabilities happening in our country is happening with TerraPower.
We're so excited to partner with Chris and his team.
And we truly believe that what President Trump has been talking about in the Oval Office today is going to happen right here in Utah.
Well, a little bit of both for sure.
In fact, just last week I was at MIT with one of the nuclear physicists there having these very conversations.
And that's the thing.
We're betting on all of these technologies.
And truly, as Chris mentioned, the United States did lead the world when it comes to nuclear technology.
And then we made a very bad decision.
We decided basically since 1975, the year I was born,
that we weren't going to bet on nuclear.
The rest of the world has moved ahead of us.
And that's a huge mistake right now as we are in an energy arms race.
You mentioned the data centers and AI arms race.