Nuclear waste can solve our AI power problem (and more)

TechFirst with John Koetsier

Can nuclear waste solve the energy crisis caused by AI data centers? Maybe. And maybe much more, including providing rare elements we need like rhodium, palladium, ruthenium, krypto-85, Americium-241, and more.

Amazingly:

- 96% of nuclear fuel’s energy is left after it's "used"

- Recycling can reduce 10,000-year waste storage needs to just 300 years

- Curio’s new process avoids toxic nitric acid and extracts valuable isotopes

- 1 recycling plant could meet a third of America’s nuclear fuel needs

- Nuclear recycling could enable AI, space travel, and medical breakthroughs

In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier talks with Ed McGinnis, CEO of Curio and former Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. McGinnis is on a mission to revolutionize how we think about nuclear waste, turning it into a powerful resource for energy, rare isotopes, and even precious metals like rhodium.

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