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polistra's avatar

I appreciate short and pointed interviews. Robinson was shortest: "We have licensed it and we are building it." No need to say much more!

Robert Bryce's avatar

Thanks. Yes, I like short interviews. And those two questions are the key ones.

Bill Tate's avatar

Unless and until there is a process for new mine development that meets env. regs to win a permit to proceed and doesn't allow for repetitive bites (lawsuits) at the same apple, this is going to be a very difficult proposition WRT RE's.

Steven Curtis's avatar

You said it. Stop talking and start building. This means getting the government out of the way. I like going through DOE, but they are bureaucratic as well. Here is our latest: https://www.sirotinintelligence.com/were-sitting-on-100-trillion-and-want-to-pay-400-billion-to-throw-it-away-steven-curtis-on-americas-nuclear-waste-delusion-why-the-nrc-should-be-shut-down-and-how-texas-could-lead-the-f/ Thanks for the support for nuclear energy. Your efforts are probably the most important impetus for getting from talk to building. Thanks, Robert.

Ian Braithwaite's avatar

Thank you Mr Bryce: the format of two quick-fire pithy questions works for me, as does American 'can do', referred to by Christian (not forgetting Canadian Candu).

Christian's avatar

I love the American 'can do' , 'lets get shit done' vibe that was coming through. Send some down under please.

Ian Braithwaite's avatar

Bobby Gallagher of Deployable Energy sounds like an Aussie to me. Good on him. Just a pity for Australia that he's in Texas!

Robert Bryce's avatar

Yup, he’s from Down Under. But the Aussies are still refusing to get moving on nuclear.

Fernan Arroyo Lozano's avatar

La empresa China Linlong one va muy por delante de las empresas americanas?

Alexander zarechnak's avatar

The themes here appear to resonate with Princeton’s Expert Panel on YouTube: “Nuclear Power: Innovation or Revolution?”

Robert Taylor's avatar

None mentioned fuel. Securing years of fuel stock is perhaps the most daunting challenge of all prior to considering the construction of any reactor.

PJ's avatar

Interviews you share with your RIA.

Richard Scott's avatar

It seems like we have a Manhattan type project to include mining from locations other than China and processing in the USA.

Kate Kressmann-Kehoe's avatar

"Overcoming China’s REE monopoly will require intense focus and cooperation by the US with its allies." Agreed, but alas I do not think we have an administration right now that is particularly good at either focus or cooperation.

polistra's avatar

True. Canada's current administration is far more steady, and seems committed to opening the path for mining, not just rare earths. This won't help us directly but could break China's monopoly.