Hydrocarbons, Nuclear, And The Future Of American Power

March 5, 2026

About six weeks ago, John Kumm, the director of the new Energy Institute at the University of Idaho, asked me to write a caption for my keynote speech. John made it clear that he wanted the focus of my talk, which I’ll deliver tonight at the Pitman Center here in Moscow, to be broad enough to encompass Idaho’s role in the development of nuclear energy. That makes sense given that Idaho National Laboratory has long been at the forefront of US nuclear technology. He also wanted me to talk about AI and booming power demand.

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