Really wish I could attend COP 28 where the UAE will get to show off their brand new reactors and give the world a clear example of how nuclear plants can be built in a reasonable & predictable time-frame and on budget. I'm very excited for them and hope they decide to build on this by constructing additional reactors and get to an energy mix comparable to France!

@propergander8509

Жыл бұрын

COP 28 is gonna be *R O U G H* for the German delegation 😬

The tone of this discussion was so refreshing. You can really feel the pragmatic drive in the voice of the guest and the absence of loud ideologies we have in Western countries. We have so much to leave.

UAE and this guy should be very proud of their achievement in successfully delivering this nuclear plant.

Thank you, Mohammed and Chris. A refreshing example how nuclear can help and empower to develop a country and a society to a higher level. Nuclear power plants are the modern day pyramids, but with the added benefit to provide surplus energy a few orders of magnitutes higher than anything we knew before the dawn of the nuclear age.

Super talk!! Congrats on the newly commissioned!!

2 things... 1) When are they gonna build the next 4... and the next 4, or 8 after that???!!! We need all our electricity and heat sourced from nuclear, like yesterday! 2) I really wished Chris would ask His Excellency, being from one of the biggest oil producing countries, about synthetic fuels! We need synthetic, carbon neutral Jet-A like, yesterday!... Emirates needs synthetic Jet-A! Getting one of the oil & gas giants to jump into nuclear fully would kick off a panic and avalaunch of nuclear adoption. It's gonna happen, it just needs some very rich people to realise that they're gonna miss out on a very big gig! Hopefully Chris could gather some good questions, including the above, to then get His Excellency back on for part 2. Excellent episode.

Great discussion. This is an example of how to get things done. Get support of the necessary stakeholders and you can achieve a lot as a country. 4 units constructed. Congrats UAE.

Absolutely fantastic effort. I’m not a nuclear expert but I always liked the AP1000 designs I saw.

@acwojtkowiak

9 күн бұрын

Question is, has the grossly overbudget Vogle project motivated some pragmatists to point the finger at some deserving party. The Korean design was also based on a former American design, but there is "something rotten in Denmark", so realistically speaking, Canada should keep this in consideration.

Great interview with a real leadership role in the nuclear industry. Brilliantly managed project, twice as fast and 1/2 as expensive than Vogtle.

@garethyoung6067

Жыл бұрын

Probably because of the regulations in US. Not saying that’s bad, regulations are generally good (when carefully considered), but it is a consideration.

Extremely interesting point of having 4 large units 1400MW at this UAE plant. Darlington decision to go with an SMR BWX300 should be immediatly reassesed and revaluated keeping this UAE example in mind. The large 4 pack has worked out for Canada CANDUs

Really wish u these two great personalities for best future of life..

I work at Barakah Nuclear Power Plant as a security guard. My name is Kisson Kattel. It's my third month here. It's an awesome place to work on. 😊

I think much wareness is needed specially for decision makers of developing countries in Africa, and Asia. These days celebrities spent billions of dollars in luxurious private jets and planes, while they could save earth by building more Nuclear Power plants that can provide clean energy for 100s of years. Excellent interview btw.

Excellent interview.

UAE seems very progressive in use of both nuclear power and solar power to supplement gas, oil and coal. However, I do have some trouble reconciling his statement that 80% of Winter electric power was nuclear with their US embassy's web page statement that in 2050 they will have "6% nuclear, 44% clean energy, 38% gas and 12% clean coal", making nuclear the smallest component. Do they there intend "gas" to somehow mean green H2, produced by nuclear or solar? Or was he merely referring to the area of his office being powered by specifically purchased nuclear power, as he had just stated some manufacturers were doing? Going from 40-80% nuclear now to 6% in 2050 seems a reversal of direction.

Great chat. Thanks

Great Interview !

I just. Played this whole episode on WOBC fm

A great solution to the world’s problem is to clone Mr. Al Hammadi! The long term vision, pragmatism and willingness to help others is just too rare. I loved how he described Fukushima as an “opportunity” and how he graciously praised Bent Flyberg’s “how big things get done” even though that book is very bearish on nuclear. This is somebody operating with a relentlessly optimistic mindset while planning for every possible mishap!

Wow!!!

You often have on Simon Michaux, and his lack of interest in talking about the diesel used to mine uranium really discredits his qualifications. I appreciate his work showing the suicidal revolution industry performed in 2005 for fracking and tar sands. But his gaslighting about nuclear shows that Big Tobacco and Big Oil really know how to control the narrative.

@jeffbenton6183

10 күн бұрын

Nuclear involves less mining than any other kind of energy. On a per megawatt-basis, nuclear power will involve 1/3rd the mining than a solar or wind farm, even including *all* the uranium it'll ever use in a 40-year lifespan (and the raw materials for concrete and everything else). This is without even considering the mining required for battery storage, which would again be much larger than nuclear. Nuclear plants tend to last decades longer than wind turbines and solar panels (just like hydroelectric) so the longer you stretch that analysis period out, the better nuclear looks. I agree that nuclear's requirement for diesel in mining is a concern, but it's a *much* larger concern for wind and solar. That said, it's worth noting that the US has enough usable fuel in its spent fuel casks to power *all* the nation's electricity (at current consumption rates) for the next 150 years, but it doesn't yet have any fuel reprocessing plants or breeder reactors. Considering that evidence, it looks like the nuclear industry doesn't even need to do as much mining as it currently dies - as little as that already is.

The Gulf States could really profit by leveraging existing knowhow and infrastructure from fossil fuel extraction, refining and exporting to export nuclear-generated synthetic fuels into the world. Of course they can also plaster some deseret places with solar to get a German eco-certificate... Besides carbon capture and storage could be open as the world will continue to consum fossil fuels decades into the future.

I should be getting PDUs for watching this.