ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | The Physics of American Nuclear Leadership: A Conversation with Congressman Bill Foster
In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Congressman Bill Foster — particle physicist, former Fermilab scientist, and the only PhD physicist serving in Congress — for a conversation on what technical rigor brings to the biggest questions in nuclear policy. Co-chair of the bipartisan House Advanced Nuclear Caucus, Foster discusses how the politics of nuclear energy have shifted, where the United States can win the global export race against Russia and China, why the national laboratories are a strategic asset worth fully leveraging, and how to think clearly about Iran's nuclear program and the future of the advanced reactor fuel cycle. It's a clear-eyed, science-grounded look at what it will take for America to lead in a new nuclear era.