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MIT 22.04 Social Problems of Nuclear Energy, Fall 2025

by MIT OpenCourseWare · 19 videos

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1 Lecture 1: Introduction to 22.04 and the History of Nuclear Power 1:13:09 2026-07-20
2 Lecture 2: Nuclear Technology 101 1:19:31 2026-07-20
3 Lecture 3: How Should We Join Climate Change to Energy Policy? 1:20:34 2026-07-20
4 Lecture 4: The Capital Cost of Nuclear Power 1:19:02 2026-07-20
5 Lecture 5: Can Nuclear Compete Given Decarbonization? 1:20:00 2026-07-20
6 Lecture 6: Nuclear Reactor Cost Around the World and the Potential for Cost Reduction 1:14:04 2026-07-20
7 Lecture 7: Can Renewables Decarbonize the Electricity Sector in the United States? 1:09:08 2026-07-20
8 Lecture 8: What Investors Need to Know About Small-Modular and Microreactors 1:21:22 2026-07-20
9 Lecture 9: How the Electric Grid Controls Progress on Decarbonization 1:15:10 2026-07-20
10 Lecture 10: Potential for Nuclear Process Heat 57:32 2026-07-20
11 Lecture 11: Theory of Externalities and How Nuclear Power Is Regulated by the NRC 1:14:28 2026-07-20
12 Lecture 12: Introduction to Radiation Risk 55:24 2026-07-20
13 Lecture 14: Is Nuclear Power Safe? Calculating the Number of Deaths Caused by Nuclear Accidents... 1:15:46 2026-07-20
14 Lecture 15: Dealing with Nuclear Waste 1:14:59 2026-07-20
15 Lecture 13: The Linear No-Threshold Theory 1:14:09 2026-07-20
16 Lecture 16: Nuclear Proliferation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle—Part 1 1:00:58 2026-07-20
17 Lecture 17: Nuclear Proliferation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle — Part 2 1:19:50 2026-07-20
18 Lecture 18: Do We Need Nuclear Power to Fix Climate Change—a Review of the Course’s Findings 1:22:38 2026-07-20
19 Lecture 19: Why the Public Is Skeptical About Nuclear Power—a Way Forward 1:19:02 2026-07-20

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