Prof. Katy Huff, former US DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, on the US Nuclear Renaissance
About this episode
Professor Katy Huff discusses the potential of a nuclear renaissance in the context of the US energy mix and net zero goals.
What could a nuclear renaissance look like? Professor Katy Huff, former Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, discusses how to frame nuclear energy in a net zero context where nuclear fits into the US energy mix over the next several decades and why US nuclear innovation today is different from the false starts of the past.
Topics covered
- nuclear energy
- US energy mix
- net zero
- nuclear innovation
- energy policy
Keywords
- nuclear renaissance
- energy innovation
- net zero context
- US energy policy
- nuclear energy
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