Andy Webber talked about Nunn-Lugar program on the 80k podcast… but I’m not sure whether he actually mentioned that a lot of old nukes were actually used for nuclear power. I think someone should look into whether it makes sense to advocate for increased nuclear power on proliferation grounds (e.g. trying to burn it all up) or whether it’d be better to optimize separately for the best climate change intervention and the best non-proliferation intervention.
From an EA point of view, the crucial consideration for nuclear energy seems to be its effect on nuclear proliferation:
sometimes it seems nuclear energy can increase proliferation, and sometimes decrease it.
Andy Webber talked about Nunn-Lugar program on the 80k podcast… but I’m not sure whether he actually mentioned that a lot of old nukes were actually used for nuclear power. I think someone should look into whether it makes sense to advocate for increased nuclear power on proliferation grounds (e.g. trying to burn it all up) or whether it’d be better to optimize separately for the best climate change intervention and the best non-proliferation intervention.