Hey, I had the amazing opportunity to moderate this AirMiners panel discussion on using advanced nuclear to power carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Feel free to jump around using the timestamps below. The event was held on December 2, 2020 which was coincidentally World Nuclear Energy Day! You can find a video recording on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEzoZ-2S8u4.

Panelists:

• Kirsty Gogan, Co-Founder at Energy for Humanity, and TerraPraxis. 
• Seaver Wang, Climate and Energy Analyst at the Breakthrough Institute.
• Canon Bryan, Chief Financial Officer at Terrestrial Energy.

Host: Jason Grillo, Event Director at AirMiners

• (1:46) EXIGENCE. What are the advantages of advanced nuclear energy tech over other energy sources and why pair it with carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS)? Kirsty (2:03), Canon (5:00), Seaver (7:35)
• (8:50) VISION. What can we do with the combination of advanced nuclear and carbon capture? Seaver (9:17), Canon (11:17), Kirsty (13:46)
• (17:17) DESIGN. What are some design considerations of pairing NP with CCUS? Would either system need to adapt to suit the other? Kirsty (17:41), Seaver (18:54), Canon (20:53)
• (23:02) COST. How much will it cost to roll this out? What are the cost drivers of nuclear/CCUS? Canon (23:19), Kirsty (25:25)
• (29:43) TIMELINE. Given the cost competitiveness, when or how soon could we implement NP+CCS/CU? How close are we? Seaver (29:58), Canon (31:37)
• (34:20) LOCATION / SCALE / STAKEHOLDERS. Where would be best for implementation and at what scale (Gt)? Who is/should be involved; how can audience learn more/get involved? Kirsty (34:53), Canon (37:25), Seaver (39:21), Kirsty (41:51)
• (44:09) AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. Timeline for fusion and how it might play into CCUS? Kirsty (44:28)
• (44:49) What do folks think about advanced nuclear starting in 2028 and commercial fusion in 2035-2040 timeframe? Canon (45:02)
• (46:09) Has anybody modeled out the $ per sequestered carbon via nuclear-powered DAC? Seaver (46:31)
• (46:59) For Canon, whether system can run on current waste streams from existing plants by running on liquid fuel versus solid fuel/ceramics? Canon (47:14)
• (50:30) We hear there's bipartisan support for both nuclear and CCUS. How can we leverage this support and how can audience members get involved in learning more about this? Seaver (50:57), Canon (52:10), Kirsty (53:45)
• (55:54) Final thanks before I passed it back to Jason for final event announcements.

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