GLOBAL NUCLEAR POWER & NET ZERO
IAEA - 21 October 2022 - Nuclear power, climate change and sustainable development. Investor and philanthropist Bill Gates speaks with the IAEA in an exclusive interview ahead of the IAEA International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, to be held from 26 to 28 October 2022 in Washington, D.C.
Mr Gates is co-founder of Microsoft, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, founder of Breakthrough Energy, and founder and chairman of TerraPower.
Interviewed by Jeffrey Donovan, IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy.
The views and opinions expressed in this video interview are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views and positions of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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