Cracking the Nuclear Innovation Nut
Cracking the Nuclear Innovation Nut  
Podcast: Decouple
Published On: Fri Dec 22 2023
Description: Humanity went from inducing the first fissions of heavy elements in 1938 to a nuclear powered submarine in just 16 years. Why has that tremendous pace of nuclear innovation seemingly slowed down to a crawl? Nuclear historian Nick Touran joins me for an in depth analysis of the historic preconditions of nuclear innovation and its opportunities and limits going into the future.