Nuclear Power: Evil or Misunderstood? (It's a Little of Both)

<p>Nuclear power is about as popular as a three-eyed fish, but it still provides 10% of the world's electricity (and double that percentage in America). So how bad IS this stuff? And is there a possible future in which nuclear power provides almost ALL of the world's energy? (Spoiler: there is!)</p> <p> </p> <p>Join the boys for an irradiated romp through the science, history, and future of nuclear power.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this epidode:</p> <ul><li>Don't call it "nucular"</li> <li>Statistics etc.</li> <li>A nuclear reactor is a steam engine</li> <li>Components of a fission reactor</li> <li>Splitting the Adam (atom)</li> <li>Nuclear rods</li> <li>Uranium-235 and chain reactions</li> <li>Cadmium control rods</li> <li>History of nuclear power <ul><li>Willhelm Rontgen</li> <li>Marie Curie</li> <li>Ernest Rutherford</li> <li>Albert Einstein </li> <li>Enrico Fermi</li> <li>The Manhattan Project</li> <li>The Atomic Energy Commission</li> <li>Chicago Pile 1</li> <li>Experimental Breeder Reactor 1</li> </ul> </li> <li>Nuclear Submarines</li> <li>Nuclear meltdowns (Chernobyl, 3-Mile Island, Fukushima)</li> <li>Nuclear waste "mishaps"</li> <li>The future of nuclear energy</li> <li>Nuclear fusion <ul><li>Plasma</li> <li>States of matter <ul><li> <p>Bose-Einstein condensate</p> </li> <li> <p>quark- glucagon plasma</p> </li> <li> <p>neutron-degenerate matter</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Deuterium-Tritium reaction (D-T)</li> <li>Plasma containment: magnets</li> <li>Tokamaks</li> <li>ITER: <p>International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. </p> </li> <li>Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>~</p> <p>Join the Midnight Masses! </p> <p>Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas. </p> <p>And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word! </p> <p><a href='https://teespring.com/stores/midnight-merch-6'>https://midnightbonus.weebly.com/midn