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Nuclear Energy
China
Nuclear Power
Climate Change
Electric Vehicles
Renewable Energy
Decarbonization
Vogtle
Energy Transition
AP1000
Three Mile Island
Natural Gas
United States
Small Modular Reactors
Artificial Intelligence
EPR
Canada
Data Centers
Energy Policy
Solar Energy

There are technologies that decouple human well-being from its ecological impacts. There are politics that enable these technologies. Join me as I interview world experts to uncover hope in this time of planetary crisis.

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David Helmer spent years working on cooling systems for GE jet turbines before moving to Boston Consulting Group, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and West Point. He joins Decouple to explain why the gas turbine, despite being conceptually understood ... more

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Grant Isaac, President and COO of Cameco, joins Decouple to explain why uranium behaves unlike any other commodity. With essentially zero fundamental in-year demand, a spot market that reports prices rather than discovering them, and a long-term cont... more

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Nuclear construction once hit timelines that today sound implausible. First of a kind reactors completed in under four years, delivered at lower cost than mature designs, and executed with a level of coordination that the modern industry has largely ... more

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In this episode of Decouple, Chris Keefer is joined once again by Michael Seely of the Atomic Blender to explore nuclear fuel reprocessing and the promise of unlocking vastly more energy from existing nuclear waste. We deep dive how processes like PU... more

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Recent Guests

David Helmer
PhD mechanical engineer, Stanford-trained specialist in fluid mechanics and gas turbine heat transfer
Navigating the Tech Wilderness (independent consulting firm)
Episode: The Gas Turbine: The Final Revelation in Humanity’s Pantheon of Prime Movers (w/ David Helmer)
Grant Isaac
President and Chief Operating Officer
Cameco Corp.
Episode: Understanding the World's Most Unusual Commodity Cycle
James Kralstein
Nuclear industry expert featured as guest, provides historical and technical insights into ABWR
Independent researcher / industry expert
Episode: The Absolute Best Water Reactor: What Happened to the World’s Fastest Constructed Reactor?
Seaver Wang
Climate and energy director at the Breakthrough Institute
Breakthrough Institute
Episode: Greenwashing with Chinese Characteristics
Joe St. Julian
President of Nuclear at AtkinsRéalis
AtkinsRéalis
Episode: What's happening with CANDU?
Ken Petrunik
Former project manager for the last two CANDU units ever constructed, with extensive experience in international nuclear projects.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
Episode: A Case Study of Excellence from Canada’s Nuclear Golden Age
Michael Seeley
Returning guest, also known as the Atomic Blender
Episode: EPR: The Reactor That Tried to Please Everyone and Satisfied No One
James Crollenstein
CEO of Alva Energy
Alva Energy
Episode: Why the First Nuclear Renaissance Failed: Can America Build Eight AP1000s Now?
Samuel Gibson
Founder and CEO of Hadron Energy, a micro modular reactor startup
Hadron Energy
Episode: Microreactors: A Mirage of American Nuclear Innovation?

Host

Chris
Host of Decouple (multiple instances across episodes) with affiliations including Breakthrough Institute and Decouple.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 614 ratings
  • Extra positive

    You should learn about the genetic bottleneck phenomenon, quite easy to drive extinct. We are deliver actual WWE backbreakers to life everyday. Cheetah’s would be done in short order if they dropped to 0.3%. The Cheetah’s niche may get refilled over time.

    Great positivity for nature’s resilience, but animals and plants are actually quite fragile. We’ve destroyed most of it in not very long compared to the scales you like consider.

    Stay positive, but try to empathize or walk-a-mile in the shoes ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    WilderLead
    United States8 months ago
  • Very Guest Dependent

    So while I’m giving it three stars, it’s more like a middle point between 5 and 2. James Krellenstein’s episodes are amazing, for example, but many episodes can fall into nuclear advocacy traps, such as excessive hippie punching. Hence, this is a series which can be great, but is very uneven.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Factor96
    United Statesa year ago
  • Brilliant episode.thanks for your ongoing excellent podcasts🙏

    Podcast Addict
    5
    billodea
    a year ago
  • Well worth the time if you like digging deeply.

    Great guests going into great details of the fascinating topic of (not only) nuclear energy. An absolute must if you are tired of black and white oversimplifications from mainstream content. You learn how old the molten salt idea actually is; under what circumstances EVs help fighting global warming; how to build reactors in time and budget (and how not). Sehr empfehlenswert. Дякую за Вашу працю.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    listeningNerd
    Germany2 years ago
  • Nuclear bro

    Ever wonder why a smart guy talks nuclear all day when renewables are the solution? He’s a nuclear industry shill. An oligarch puppet! Shame! Your kids will know you stalled the transition MF!

    Apple Podcasts
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    HammerOz
    Australia2 years ago

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Audience appreciates rigorous, data-driven analysis and deep dives into energy technologies.
Listeners enjoy the breadth of guest expertise and practical implications for policy and industry.
Some critiques note occasional ideological biases or a strong pro-nuclear stance in parts of the discourse.

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#89
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#220
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#223
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

The Gas Turbine: The Final Revelation in Humanity’s Pantheon of Prime Movers (w/ David Helmer)
Q: How do material constraints shape the design and cost of modern gas turbines?
High-temperature materials, coatings, and advanced ceramics are expensive and difficult to manufacture; the capability to reliably operate at extreme conditions is limited by both materials science and manufacturing supply chains.
The Gas Turbine: The Final Revelation in Humanity’s Pantheon of Prime Movers (w/ David Helmer)
Q: What makes turbine innovation so slow to change compared to rockets or other propulsion systems?
Turbines require extensive safety certification, maintenance margins, and complex system interactions; any change triggers a cascade of tests from core concept to flight-worthiness, often spanning decades.
Understanding the World's Most Unusual Commodity Cycle
Q: What caused the major price spikes in the 2000s, and how did supply discipline help?
Spikes were driven by both demand growth (e.g., new buyers like China) and supply shocks (e.g., mine outages). Supply discipline—shutting down or slowing key mines and using in-ground inventory—helped rebalance the market and reduce price volatility.
Understanding the World's Most Unusual Commodity Cycle
Q: How is price discovery actually conducted in the uranium market, given the lack of frequent spot transactions?
Price discovery is more of a reported price built from infrequent, bilateral negotiations and long-term contracts, rather than a real-time market clock like oil; the true pricing emerges over weeks to months as contracts are agreed and reported after the fact.
The Luxury Beliefs That Broke Europe’s Energy System | Doomberg
Q: What are the key differences between Europe's energy stance in the 1970s and today, and what does that imply for resilience now?
The guests argue that back then Europe built a broad base of nuclear, North Sea production, and strong policy direction; today, a shift toward intermittent renewables without equivalent baseload replacements has increased vulnerability, and a more disciplined, physics-based approach to energy security is needed.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Decouple

What is Decouple about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This program features in-depth conversations with world-class experts on energy systems, with a pronounced focus on nuclear technology, fuel cycles, and the economics and geopolitics of energy transitions. Episodes routinely blend technical detail with policy and market context, often comparing reactor designs, fuel technologies, and supply chains across regions. A distinctive trait is its willingness to challenge mainstream narratives, offering rigorous, data-driven perspectives from industry veterans, researchers, and executives. Listeners are likely drawn to a technically rigorous, policy-aware look at how energy choices shape decarbonization, security, and industrial strategy, including cross-cutting topics like advanced fuels, reactor ... more

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4. Seaver Wang
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