Sign up to Brilliant using my link and get 20% off your an annual subscription: https://brilliant.org/realengineering Watch this video ad free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realengineering-the-uncertain-future-of-nuclear-energy Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Writer: Josi Gold Editor: Dylan Hennessy Animator: Mike Ridolfi Animator: Eli Prenten Sound: Graham Haerther Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster References [1] https://www.iea.org/fuels-and-technologies/nuclear [2] https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident.aspx [3] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4184-0_6 [4] https://energy.mit.edu/research/future-nuclear-energy-carbon-constrained-world/ [5] https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-approves-plans-for-forsmark-nuclear-waste-storage-site/a-60584787 [6]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository&oldid=1154243908 [7] https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/10/01/why-doesnt-u-s-recycle-nuclear-fuel/ [8] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elsa-Merle/publication/228588729_Liquid_Salt_Applications_and_Molten_Salt_Reactors/links/0912f50b22a65d1d39000000/Liquid-Salt-Applications-and-Molten-Salt-Reactors.pdf [9] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850713000101 [10] https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs [11] https://aris.iaea.org/Publications/SMR_Book_2020.pdf [12] https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-03/7560_smr_report.pdf [13] https://www.nuscalepower.com/en/products [14] https://www.nuscalepower.com/-/media/nuscale/pdf/publications/plant-safety-in-response-to-extreme-events.pdf [15] https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/08/1067992/smaller-nuclear-reactors/ [16]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9374057 [17]https://ieefa.org/resources/eye-popping-new-cost-estimates-released-nuscale-small-modular-reactor#:~:text=Key%20Findings,(SMR)%20have%20risen%20dramatically.&text=As%20recently%20as%20mid%2D2021,MWh%2C%20a%2053%25%20increase. [18]https://energypost.eu/small-modular-reactor-cost-overruns-the-same-old-problems-haunt-new-nuclear-in-utah/ [19]https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2022/index [20]https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2021-773.html [21]https://smractionplan.ca/ Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Abdullah Alotaibi, Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung