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There's not much patience or really appetite to take on the risk for a project of that magnitude

for that time frame. And that's why we're excited about the small modular reactors. It's

similar nuclear technology, but it's in smaller chunks.

Hello and welcome to the Baron Streetwise Podcast. I'm Jack Howe and the voice you just

heard is Lynn Good. She's the CEO of Duke Energy, the big electric and gas utility, and

a major player in nuclear power. Listeners readers sometimes ask me why the US isn't building

more nuclear plants. In this episode, we'll talk with Lynn about that and more. And we'll

hear from the CEO of Trex, a maker of composite building materials about the latest shift

in home improvement demand.

Listening in is our audio producer, Jackson. Hi, Jackson. Hi, Jack. Hey, listen, I do not

want to get too into the weeds on nuclear science during this episode. I'm going to keep

it high level. I don't plan to say much about bundling fuel rods together to form reactor

cores or how in light water reactors, the water can serve as both a coolant and the moderator.

I won't get into how the moderator slows the neutrons that are produced by a fission

in order to sustain a chain reaction. Let's just keep it casual. You know, everyone can

follow me reading Wikipedia. I mean, first, that's hurtful. And second, it's a page called

nuclear 101 from the Department of Energy. And if I'm being honest, it feels more like

a 201. I just wanted to try to say some smart stuff, but it didn't go that well.

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