Are we on the brink of a nuclear revival? | FT Film

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The electricity needed to power huge data centres has sparked a renewed interest in the potential of small modular reactors. The FT's Pilita Clark looks at whether SMRs will help with the clean energy transition. #nuclear #cleanenergy #smr #energy #energysource Produced & edited by Tom Hannen. Cameras: Petros Gioumpasis, Ian Kerr, Neil Barrett, Richard van Rijn 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Are we on the brink of a nuclear revival? 01:34 Two authors, two positions - Marco Visscher 02:26 Two authors, two positions - M.V. Ramana 03:59 Smaller, cheaper? 04:13 Paul Stein, ex-CTO Rolls-Royce SMR 05:54 Is nuclear power economic? 07:02 How small is small? Last Energy 07:18 Michael Crabb - SVP Commercial, Last Energy 10:35 Rachel Millard, FT - Data centres and the need for more energy 12:39 Do we need nuclear for a green energy transition? 12:51 Dale Vince - Founder & owner of Ecotricity 14:30 Dunkelflaute - it’s a German word 15:02 Sue Ion - Ex-Chair, Euratom Science & Technology Committee 17:47 Fear of nuclear 19:17 How safe is nuclear power? Sue Ion 21:10 Past nuclear accidents 25:45 What is the promise of nuclear power? 29:04 Conclusions - Pilita Clark, FT Business Columnist ► Enjoying FT content? Get a daily slice of the very best FT journalism with FT Edit. Free for 30 days then just £4.99 a month See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132. ► Check out our Community tab for more stories: https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes/community ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtimes ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@financialtimes