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Deploying nuclear power: Financing, risk, and execution in the current market environment
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The renewed global interest in nuclear power is often framed as a policy story driven by decarbonization goals, energy security concerns, and surging electricity demand from digital infrastructure and electrification. While these forces are real and durable, they materially understate the challenge at hand. The practical constraint on nuclear deployment today is not strategic will, but execution. Specifically, the challenge lies in how nuclear projects are financed, how risk is allocated, and how investors assess credibility in a sector defined by long timelines and asymmetric downside risk.
April 26, 2022|12:00–1:30PM (1:00–2:30PM EDT)
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Christopher Perfetti, assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, will analyze the Chernobyl accident from the viewpoint of a reactor physicist. He will explore the physical mechanisms that led to Chernobyl's runaway chain reaction and will explain why they are not possible in modern reactors. In addition, he will:
This presentation will provide a valuable understanding of reactor physics, and will also provide enough interesting information about Chernobyl to appeal to seasoned reactor physicists.
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