One of the most important and least understood sources of energy in the world today is nuclear power.

Nuclear power has an energy density tens of millions of times greater than fossil fuels, and has

one of the most impressive safety records of any source of energy. Yet, for decades, controversy has

surrounded it and has hindered its adoption. A new appreciation of the benefits of nuclear power, however, might be changing that.

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This episode has been a long time in the making.

I've previously done episodes on wind, solar, geothermal, hydro power, oil and coal.

And now it's time for nuclear to take its turn.

This episode will actually be a springboard for several future episodes as there's so many

related topics surrounding the technology and the history of nuclear power.

Nuclear power, as it exists today, involves getting energy from nuclear fission or the splitting of atomic

nuclei, almost always from the element uranium or plutonium. There are several attributes of nuclear

power that have made it so attractive. For starters, there is an enormous amount of energy that can

be unleashed from the splitting of atoms.

For example, one kilogram of coal yields about 24 megajoules of energy when burned.

One kilogram of oil yields about 42 megajoules of energy.

And per kilogram, natural gas holds about 55 megajoules.

By comparison, a kilogram of uranium 235, the fissile isotope of uranium, has 82 million megajoules if it's fully consumed.

That is over a million times more energy dense than natural gas.

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