Jacopo Buongiorno

New era for nuclear power

Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering) discusses the Biden Administration’s investments in nuclear power generation and the great potential of this energy source. “The nice thing about nuclear is that it’s a fairly versatile energy source. It can give you heat, if you want heat. It can give you electricity if you want electricity.”

How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback

Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering) discusses the future of nuclear energy in the United States, stating that the U.S. may catch up to China if the new technologies being developed here are technically and commercially successful.