Marketplace Tech with Molly Wood   /     Nuclear power needs to build up its workforce so it can power up clean energy

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The artificial intelligence boom and its hunger for electricity has brought a surge of interest in nuclear power. Microsoft, for instance, made a deal to restart the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania, while Google and Amazon have invested in companies developing small, modular reactors. The Joe Biden administrationā€™s Department of Energy aims to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, but the sector will need a lot more workers to make that happen. By some estimates thereā€™s a gap of more than 200,000 jobs to fill over the next decade. Marketplaceā€™s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Craig Piercy, CEO of the American Nuclear Society, to learn more about the hunt for talent.

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Duration
00:09:48
Publishing date
2024-12-17 11:06
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https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/nuclear-power-needs-to-build-up-its-workforce-so-it-can-power-up-clean-energy
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