About this episode

Gwen Holdmann discusses the impact of nuclear energy in an interview on the Fissionary podcast.

Gwen, Jennifer, and Tony have spent this spring and summer traveling around reporting for an exciting new season of Closing the Gap that will tell the entire history of nuclear energy over 10 episodes-- from neutron star collisions to the most recent test reactors that just went critical by President Trump's July 4th deadline. Those episodes will be ready in a few weeks but in the meantime, we discovered a sister show of sorts called Fissionary -- the podcast from the Nuclear Energy Institute . Their hosts Mary Carpenter and Jordan Houghton sit down with experts to uncover how nuclear technology is helping make our world a better place in some unexpected ways -- not just by helping us reach climate goals but also by influencing interior design and to help stop rhino poaching . They're in their sixth season now, which has them globe-trotting country by country to explore exciting nuclear developments all over the world. Sound familiar? They interviewed our own Gwen Holdmann earlier this year about what nuclear power has to offer remote Arctic places. We're that episode with you now and if you like it you should look up more episodes of Fissionary. There are new episodes every…

People in this episode

Host: Gwen Holdmann

Topics covered

• nuclear energy
• podcast
• climate goals
• Arctic
• interior design
• rhino poaching

Keywords

• nuclear energy
• Fissionary podcast
• climate goals
• Arctic
• interior design
• rhino poaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nuclear Energy Institute, Fissionary

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