Advanced Reactors for the Grassroots Public (US Nuclear Energy Foundation, Gary Duarte)

US Nuclear Energy Foundation “Nuclear Advocacy Through Grassroots Education”

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Advanced Reactors for the Grassroots Public

“Creating a sustainable grassroots educational program on nuclear technology”

Generic design of a molten salt reactor

President Eisenhower, “Atoms for Peace”

Why did we miss the boat?

What have we done by allowing politics and media to discredit nuclear energy technology over the past 50 years while saving millions of lives through radiation treatments? It is an embarrassment to our country whose ingenuity developed the nuclear age. President Eisenhower defined the nuclear age in 1953. His “Atoms for Peace” speech was delivered to the United Nations on December 8, 1953. Eisenhower spelled out the necessity of re-purposing existing nuclear weapons technology to peaceful ends “it must be humanity's goal to discover the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life.”

Government and the industry worldwide must rebrand President Eisenhower’s message “Atoms for Peace”

Concept drawing of a NuScale SMR power module transportable via specialized trailer or rail transport.

“Advanced Reactors what you should know”

• Why is engaging the public important: Congress and senate are educated by industry lobbyists, advisors, etc. What the industry and stakeholders need to consider is, when Senators and Congressman return home for Constituent visits, an educated public on nuclear technology may be just as important as the beltway influence of lobbyists and advisors. This way, our representatives get an opinion from the business community in D.C. and their constituent community at home. It is increasingly important that constituents engage our representatives. Community friendly is, “a place where people balance truth”.

• Power for the third world

• SMRs (Small Modular Reactors) are now 1/3 the size, 1/3 the cost and 1/3 the risk of conventional reactors and factory to site deliverable on flatbed trucks or by rail transportation. Interest, support, understanding and investment, has to come from an educated public and a receptive government toward the mission.

• Power for remote communities

•Nuclear has always been a unique business model: seldom fully understood by its participants. In the venture capitol world normal startup to “returns” is about 10 times investment return in 5 years. In the nuclear world we’re looking at 10 to 30 years. The nuclear industry has always faced plant amortization after 30 years of operation to net cash flow generation.

• Power for remote exploration

• Developing our “layman’s guide” can be brought to a “special breed of venture capital investors.”. We are seeking development of a “Nuclear Billionaires Club”; to cultivate science investors, with a method of moving offshore “cash troves” of funds back to the U.S. by authoring legislation allowing avoidance of tax penalties if they commit to a 30+ year investments into advanced nuclear developments. This would produce “returns” to their businesses or foundations for later years of funding their missions.

Nearly every factor in our lives eventually comes to a time for REASSESSMENT! The time is NOW for Nuclear Energy!

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