22.04J | Fall 2025 | Undergraduate

Social Problems of Nuclear Energy

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Lecture 1: Introduction to 22.04 and the History of Nuclear Power
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128 MB
Lecture 2: Nuclear Technology 101
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144 MB
Lecture 3: How Should We Join Climate Change to Energy Policy?
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149 MB
Lecture 4: The Capital Cost of Nuclear Power
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129 MB
Lecture 5: Can Nuclear Compete Given Decarbonization?
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110 MB
Lecture 6: Nuclear Reactor Cost Around the World and the Potential for Cost Reduction
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110 MB
Lecture 7: Can Renewables Decarbonize the Electricity Sector in the United States?
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131 MB
Lecture 8: What Investors Need to Know About Small-Modular and Microreactors
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103 MB
Lecture 9: How the Electric Grid Controls Progress on Decarbonization
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93 MB
Lecture 10: Potential for Nuclear Process Heat
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126 MB
Lecture 11: Theory of Externalities and How Nuclear Power Is Regulated by the NRC
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82 MB
Lecture 12: Introduction to Radiation Risk
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129 MB
Lecture 13: The Linear No-Threshold Theory
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121 MB
Lecture 14: Is Nuclear Power Safe? Calculating the Number of Deaths Caused by Nuclear Accidents
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109 MB
Lecture 15: Dealing with Nuclear Waste
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95 MB
Lecture 16: Nuclear Proliferation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle—Part 1
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127 MB
Lecture 17: Nuclear Proliferation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle — Part 2
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124 MB
Lecture 18: Do We Need Nuclear Power to Fix Climate Change—a Review of the Course’s Findings
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120 MB
Lecture 19: Why the Public Is Skeptical About Nuclear Power—a Way Forward

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