THE VIDEO SHELF · nuclear energy
Dispelling the Myths of Nuclear Energy (Live Lecture)
A lecture for high school seniors and college freshmen making the case for nuclear power and answering common objections. It is an overview of the channel's more detailed videos on each topic.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to as a lay-audience explanation of nuclear waste, safety and economics.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Illinois EnergyProf
- Topic
- nuclear energy
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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On that note for anyone interested in the economics(and working in general) of nuclear energy check out the Illinois Energy youtube channel. Here's a quiz video of theirs: [VIDEO]
marto1 on Hacker News · 2021-08
In You've got $30B to spend and a climate crisis. Nuclear or solar?Not only is it solvable, it's basically been solved for years. [VIDEO] is aimed at the lay audience. The issue is that radiation is a silent killer, so it is extremely easy people with vested interests in (say) fossil fuels to exploit our inability to …
mhh__ on Hacker News · 2021-12
In Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
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