Ep 72: David Blee, US Nuclear Industry Council

In this episode we discuss... David's personal journey through the nuclear industry from executive vice president of NAC International to president of the US Nuclear Industry Council The history of energy in the US including the Advanced Reactor Program and why it went under Why closing the back end of the fuel cycle is important to worldwide trade in the nuclear sector The origins of the US Nuclear Industry Council and its start as a backend focus group A deep dive into Yucca Mountain's past, present, and future The Nuclear Industry Council's two main focuses of advanced technology and supply chain and the significance of each International competition in the nuclear industry and the US's edge in human capital Financing challenges in the US and how we can overcome them David's outlook on the US nuclear industry including potential non-light water reactor startups microreactors at the Department of Defense complex