Energy in crisis: nuclear goes up the agenda

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week, AI-based facial recognition systems go live on the front in Ukraine, ozone exposure links to teenage depression, and evidence that sleeping with the light on can adversely affect your health. Plus, as the world grapples with an energy crisis, nuclear power is going up the energy agenda. We hear about Rolls-Royce's plans for a fleet of "off the peg" small modular nuclear reactors, and the efforts to harness nuclear fusion at JET... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:16.0	Hello, welcome to the program where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine with me, Chris Smith.
0:23.2	This week AI-based facial recognition gets deployed in Ukraine, science pollution is
0:28.0	linked to depression in teenagers and why sleeping with the light on might be a risk for developing diabetes.
0:34.3	And as the energy crisis deepens and inflation heads towards 10%, we're asking,
0:39.2	is nuclear energy back on the energy agenda, particularly since Roles Royce have just lodged plans with
0:45.1	the industry regulator for a fleet of small nuclear reactors that come off a production line.
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0:55.0	Last month we delved into the murky waters of facial recognition technology asking
1:09.0	how comfortable we feel, trading our anonymity for our alleged safety.
1:13.8	Little did we know then, how quickly that question was going to become as pertinent as it
1:17.6	now is for people in Ukraine.
1:20.3	Reuters reported last week that American company Clearview AI, which describes itself as the world's largest facial network,
1:28.0	came to them with news that it was offering its service free of charge to the Ukrainian government.
1:33.8	In what capacity they intend to use the technology is so far not entirely clear, but
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