In this first part of holiday special, MacroVoices welcomes nuclear engineer Mark Nelson to the show to discuss all things nuclear. Erik and Mark start with a brief history of the industry, then talk about both real and perceived problems with nuclear power, before moving on to discuss advanced nuclear technologies including small modular nuclear reactors, molten salt cooled reactors and Thorium-fuelled nuclear reactors. https://bit.ly/3Wg3q2J   Radiant Energy Group  Kirk Sorensen: Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel  Mothers for Nuclear  Clean Core Thorium Energy  Worlds Nuclear Association Library  What Is Nuclear Energy? - Nick Touran  The Story of Storage (Mark Nelson Masterclass) - Decouple Podcast  Something's Rotten with French Nuclear- Decouple Podcast  The Russian Atom feat. Mark Nelson- Decouple Podcast  What Went Wrong at Vogtle? feat. Mark Nelson - Decouple Podcast  A Hard Landing for Soft Energy - Decouple Podcast  On the use and abuse of LCOE - Decouple Podcast  Dutch Waste Facility  Thread on Nuclear Waste  Thread on Dutch Waste Facility    Please visit our website https://www.macrovoices.com to register your free account to gain access to supporting materials