Best Nuclear power & fusion videos, as recommended on Hacker News

40 videos about nuclear power & fusion that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2009 and 2026. Mostly talk, explainer, lecture. Channels that come up most: Google TechTalks, Illinois EnergyProf, Sabine Hossenfelder, TEDx Talks. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is MIT's Pathway to Fusion Energy (IAP 2017) - Zach Hartwig: Recommended again and again as the best accessible overview of fusion physics, useful for judging fusion announcements and understanding why high-temperature superconducting magnets matter.

lectureMIT's Pathway to Fusion Energy (IAP 2017) - Zach HartwigMIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center · 16 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
talkBreakthrough in Nuclear Fusion? - Prof. Dennis WhyteMIT Club of Northern California · 11 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
explainerHow close is nuclear fusion power?Sabine Hossenfelder · 15 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
talkEnergy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy ForumStanford ENERGY · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
talkWho Destroyed Three Mile Island? - Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer Austin 2018LeadDev · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
explainerWorst Nuclear Accidents in HistoryKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 7 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
lectureEconomics of Nuclear ReactorIllinois EnergyProf · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
talkWhy I changed my mind about nuclear power | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxBerlinTEDx Talks · 6 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
explainerThorium: An energy solution - THORIUM REMIX 2011gordonmcdowell · 4 HN recommenders · 2011–2022
explainerA New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: HelionReal Engineering · 5 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
talkThe Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn't This Happen (and why is now the right time?)Google TechTalks · 4 HN recommenders · 2012–2022
talkEnergy From Thorium: A Nuclear Waste Burning Liquid Salt Thorium ReactorGoogle TechTalks · 3 HN recommenders · 2009–2011
talkWhy renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubiaTEDx Talks · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
explainerWendelstein 7-X – from concept to realityMax-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik · 5 HN recommenders · 2015–2017
documentaryChernobyl 3828TeleconStudio · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
talkShould Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really)GoogleTalksArchive · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2019
talkIs Nuclear Waste Really Waste?Google TechTalks · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
talkJancovici : Will technology save us from Climate Change ? MIT Media Lab - 23/02/2021Jean-Marc Jancovici · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
lecture26. Chernobyl — How It HappenedMIT OpenCourseWare · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
commentaryFormer fusion scientist on why we won't have fusion power by 2040Improbable Matter · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
lectureModular Micro-Reactors – The Future of Nuclear Energy?Illinois EnergyProf · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
documentaryInto Eternity - Official trailerDogwoof · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2023
explainerThe Great Stranding: How Inaccurate Mainstream LCOE Estimates are Creating a Trillion-Dollar BubbleRethinkX · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
commentaryIs Nuclear Energy Green?Sabine Hossenfelder · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2022
podcastWell There's Your Problem | Episode 28: Goiânia IncidentWell There's Your Problem Podcast · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
explainerWe Solved Nuclear Waste Decades AgoKyle Hill · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2022
explainerThe Most Radioactive Places on EarthVeritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
explainerThe Economics of Nuclear EnergyReal Engineering · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
documentaryThese tunnels are designed for 100,000 yearsTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
lectureInternational Colloquia #26: Fusion Reactor First Wall CoolingMIT MechE Lectures & Colloquia · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
lectureDispelling the Myths of Nuclear Energy (Live Lecture)Illinois EnergyProf · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
documentaryNuclear Propulsion in SpaceUS National Archives · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
lectureQ&A - Helion Energy, NIF, Space and moreImprobable Matter · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
talkThe Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To BeGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2014
talkShould Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power...Google TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2022
explainerWhat if you swam in a nuclear storage pool?xkcd's What If? · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
talkInnovating to zero! | Bill GatesTED · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2025
explainerThe Nuclear Salt Water Rocket - Possibly the Craziest Rocket Engine Ever Imagined.Scott Manley · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
lectureThe Extreme World of Ultra Intense Lasers - with Kate LancasterThe Royal Institution · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2020
interviewSomething's Rotten with French NuclearDecouple Media · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2026