Ep 02: Per Peterson, Kairos Power

In this episode we interview Per Peterson, professor at one of UC
Berkeley's Nuclear reactors groups. He’s the world expert on
Fluoride Salt Cooled High Temperature reactors and a founder of
Kairos Power, an Oakland, CA based nuclear startup, pursuing
commercialization of that same technology. He has a lot of
insight to share in this space including:


The true cost drivers in plant construction and operations

Civil nuclear energy from the perspective of
non-proliferation

Public misunderstandings around nuclear waste

Theories around various safety design approaches

Integral effects test facilities and their role in new
reactor technology development

How market failures make it challenging to develop new
reactors

Opportunities to borrow learnings from the success of the
revitalization of the private space industry