Nuclear Society Of Kenya - Omondi Agar | Coffee Pump (E028)

Welcome to another episode of The Coffee Pump Podcast! On E028, we chat with Omondi Agar, A Top 40 under 40 Nominee, a Quantum Nuclear engineer and a founding key member of the Nuclear Society Of Kenya. We talk about: 0:00 - Introduction 5:28 - What is nuclear energy? 8:00 - Stigma around Nuclear Energy 11:25 - why build a Nuclear plant in Kilifi vs other locations in Kenya 14:47 - Kenya and Nuclear Energy 20:06 - Cost and benefits of setting up in Kenya 25:22 - Data Centers and Power demand 28:24 - long term benefits for Kenya 30:00 - Wind farms are a waste of resources 33:55 - Intermission/Our camera man Kim Falls sick 36:48 - Chernobyl and what went wrong 47:15 - Fukushima and what went wrong 55:50 - LNT Model (Linear Non Threshold) 58:13 - Agar’s Background 1:17:45 - Forming Nuclear Society Of Kenya Find our host Sajid Vayani: - Instagram: https://instagram.com/sajidvayani?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== - TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@sajvayani - YouTube: https://youtube.com/@sajidvayani - Twitter / X: https://x.com/sajvayani?s=21