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We’re about to need *a lot* more energy. Data centers, electric cars, factories to make the chips powering all these new technologies…they all require way more power than we’re generating today.
Nuclear could be the solution, but America barely uses it. Dynamo Host Dakota Deady investigated why and uncovered a complicated dynamic that might determine the future of energy in America.
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0:00 Power demand is surging
1:07 Nuclear could be the solution
1:42 The real bottleneck is uranium
2:15 Why Russia is still a US supplier
3:15 Why nuclear matters for the grid
3:51 The Cold War uranium race
5:27 How the US fell behind on enrichment
6:24 Accidents and spiraling reactor costs
7:16 Megatons to Megawatts changes everything
8:21 The domestic industry collapses
10:42 War and AI bring nuclear back
12:10 Enrichment is the global choke point
14:29 Why centrifuges are so hard
16:07 The five-step uranium supply chain
18:22 The bet to rebuild at home
