They're building floating nuclear power plants

I'm here on a barge in Long Beach that is being converted into a floating nuclear power plant

Let's check it out. In terms of energy security, it may feel like humanity is caught between a rock and a hard place

On one hand, AI data centers are driving up demand for energy and consuming scarce water resources for cooling

On the other, global warming is increasing the risk of natural disasters

capable of damaging key infrastructure. Today we're visiting a company called BlueCore Energy

that aims to fill the gap by harnessing nuclear power. nuclear has been around for over 70 years powering 20 percent of our electricity the navy before we

even had computers had figured out that nuclear can be harnessed as energy as propulsion and

submarines and ships some of the restraints are you need more real estate you need more water

and you need to be able to distribute it very quickly with two-thirds of the world being water

i figured it makes a lot of sense go get a barge take existing light water reactor technology make

it smaller. And then now you have the real estate, the distribution and the ultimate water cooling

which is the ocean. Let's say a community needs energy fast, but their power infrastructure is

either down or damaged. BlueCore says when it's fully up and running, it could show up within days

bringing however many floating nuclear power plants are needed. Each one by itself is able

to supply enough electricity to power approximately 15,000 homes. And so we could run subsea cables

from miles away to be able to provide electricity. Nuclear reactors are already the fuel of choice

for nuclear submarines, because they can provide consistent power for years before the nuclear fuel inside

needs to be replaced. The type of reactor that we using is called a light water reactor Light water reactors have been around for 70 years 20 of the electricity in the U already comes from them The Nuclear Regulatory Commission so the primary group that actually is responsible

for keeping everybody safe and regulating this industry, has primarily focused on certifying and approving light water reactors

It's what they understand very well. But BlueCore plans to offer more than just electricity

AI requires AI data centers which consume a lot of energy and a lot of water because a lot of them are water cooled

You don't necessarily need to take that energy and that water from the communities around you

You actually have an opportunity with clean energy to then create clean water, which we need for our reactor anyway for cooling, but then everyone else needs. It's actually really good

And fitting in with the port aesthetic, BlueCore's reactors can be controlled from a command center built like a shipping container

So this is the control room where you can turn off the reactor in less than a second

BlueCore emerged from stealth in July of 2026, and its team was hard at work on the company's prototype while we were there

In the future, it's all going to be shielded and you're not going to be able to see really inside of it

But since there's no nuclear fuel in there, we figure this is a great opportunity for others to engage with the fact that that's 15,000 homes worth of electricity

While BlueCore's story is just getting started, the company has big goals. Over 3 billion people live within an hour of water, and we want to power them all

This pressure vessel actually reminds me of a video I recently did on a guy who used one of these to create the world's fastest steam-powered motorcycle

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