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Prof. R. Scott Kemp

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Fall 2025

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Undergraduate

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Lecture 1: Introduction to 22.04 and the History of Nuclear Power

Lecture 2: Nuclear Technology 101

Lecture 3: How Should We Join Climate Change to Energy Policy?

Lecture 4: The Capital Cost of Nuclear Power

Lecture 5: Can Nuclear Compete Given Decarbonization?

Lecture 6: Nuclear Reactor Cost Around the World and the Potential for Cost Reduction

Lecture 7: Can Renewables Decarbonize the Electricity Sector in the United States?

Lecture 8: What Investors Need to Know About Small-Modular and Microreactors

Lecture 9: How the Electric Grid Controls Progress on Decarbonization

Lecture 10: Potential for Nuclear Process Heat

Course Info

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Prof. R. Scott Kemp

Departments

As Taught In

Fall 2025

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Videos

Readings

Written Assignments

Browse Resources

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