On this episode of the YPE Podcast, hosts Mark Hinaman and Sean McGhee speak to the winners of the Atomic Allies' inaugural North America Innovation for Nuclear (I4N) Contest. Denys Elliot, Zac Woods, Ryan MacLeod, and Heidi MacLeod are excited to discuss their concept of combining digital asset mining and small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to power remote communities around the world and help meet the United Nations' sustainability goals.
Show notes:
01:22 Group introductions & backgrounds
03:32 Devising the topic to study the relationship between small modular reactors (SMRs) & Bitcoin
07:04 What exactly is Innovation for Nuclear (I4N)?
10:02 How could Bitcoin mining help meet sustainability goals?
16:48 How did the team find each other?
19:37 Economic and humanitarian benefits of the concept, and how it applies to power plants beyond SMRs
26:31 Where would the startup capital come from for these micro-reactor projects?
32:05 Potential project timelines and customers
36:12 A technical description of how Bitcoin blocks are actually mined
Some further reading, suggested by Ryan: https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/bitcoin-is-a-pioneer-species-38f42ecdbb88
Find an NAYGN chapter near you: https://naygn.org/chapters/
LinkedIn pages:
Denys https://www.linkedin.com/in/denys-elliot-87984399/
Heidi https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-macleod-b922a722a/
Ryan https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-macleod-600b90210/
Zac https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-woods-ab8113215/
