Oscar L. Martin - Europe's Energy Crisis & Nuclear Power

Europe is hurting without Russian gas, and renewables aren't meeting demand. Is there nuclear solution? Oscar L. Martin discusses how next-generation nuclear reactors can provide a safe, clean solution for the European shortage and increasing global energy demands. Russia has cut gas supplies to Europe, energy costs are up a record 54% in the UK, and Germany is putting coal-fired electricity back on the grid just to keep the heat on this winter. Solar and wind-solutions are environmentally popular choices, but have limited electrical output and require standby generators for low-wind / low-sun periods. What about nuclear? In the USA, we have 92 operational nuclear power plants putting electricity on the grid. France has 56, the UK has 9 – but Germany, which just went back to burning coal, only has 3, and all were scheduled to be decommissioned this year. Fears about nuclear accidents play a role in slowing the adoption of nuclear power, but newer fail-safe reactor designs like molten-salt reactors provide a path forward alongside regional solutions like hydro and geothermal energy. Oscar Martin is a strategy, innovation, and transformation executive with executive & technical expertise in a variety of cutting-edge technologies. He helped design the early smartphones with Hewlett Packard, designed torpedo stabilizers with BRS Aerospace, developed the video technology used in the Nasdaq building, and led the development of several subsystem of the Galileo satellites, the European GPS. Oscar also restructured several companies, including the 22 sites GKN Aerospace has in North America. He also worked in the energy industry with the AKO Group, leading the team designing, manufacturing and building the electrical control software and hardware for nuclear and solar plants. Our focus today are the challenges and proposed solutions to meeting the world’s energy demands. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarlmartin/