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The advanced nuclear fuel company said it expects the first phase of work under two "innovative" agreements with Idaho National Laboratory, in collaboration with the US Department of Energy, will culminate in irradiation testing of fuel samples.
well, earlier this year, the eu controversially labelled nuclear as a green option, and that was well received by companies like the us firm, light bridge, which is working on a new form of nuclear energy that it says is safer than ever. and i ve been speaking to its chief executive, and i ve been speaking to its chief executive. seth gray,a real pleasure having you on my show. thanks for your time. and seth, let sjust start with this. just how much is the nuclear industry able to to step up to the challenge of supplying all this extra energy needed if we are to move away from carbon intensive sources? well, i think the nuclear industry can step up more than any other industry. right now, there are reactors that are slated to close in europe that can stay open, provide power, avoid providing hard currency or rubles to putin for his war, and can also save natural gas for storage in europe and in the uk, for use
grail, nuclearfusion, a potential source of almost unlimited power. are we anywhere close to it? well, the only one we re close to is the sun, and we re getting closer to commercial nuclear fusion. but in terms of reliable, large scale economic production of fusion power, we re probably still a few decades away. well, on that note, seth grae, a real pleasure having you on the show. thanks for your time. and i d love to talk to you again soon. look forward to it. thank you. well, that s all for this week s show. i hope you enjoyed it. don t forget, you can keep up with all the latest on the global economy on the bbc news website and the smartphone app. of course, you can also follow me on twitter, tweet me, i ll tweet you back. you can get me @bbcaaron. thanks for watching. i ll see you soon. bye bye.