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The Firm Power Problem Behind AI, Manufacturing, and Reshoring

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Nuclear power is often discussed as a technology problem. The deeper constraint is execution: cost, schedule, construction risk, financing, supply chain readiness, and whether new power capacity can actually be delivered on a timeline that matters.

Jake Jurewicz discusses on this podcast that the future of nuclear power depends on changing the way plants are built. As the co-founder and CEO of Blue Energy, he is working on a deployment model that applies shipyard manufacturing, LNG construction methods, large-format prefabrication, and gas-to-nuclear sequencing to small modular reactors.

In this conversation, we look at why nuclear’s biggest bottleneck is not only reactor design, how Blue Energy is trying to reduce first-build risk, and why firm power capacity has become a critical constraint for AI, data centers, reshoring, industrial hubs, water needs, and long-term energy security.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

 

• Why nuclear’s biggest bottleneck is cost, schedule, and execution

• How small modular reactors create a different path for deployment

• Modular nuclear: Blue Energy’s shipyard approach

• How gas-to-nuclear sequencing can reduce first-build risk

• Why firm power is constraining AI, data centers, and industrial growth

• Energy capacity: manufacturing, security, and economic sovereignty

 

Guest Bio

 

Jake Jurewicz is the co-founder and CEO of Blue Energy. He brings more than 10 years of experience building, investing in, and advising companies across the energy, climate, security, and construction sectors. Before Blue Energy, he co-founded Entropy Power, led transition-risk and strategic initiatives at Cervest, and worked on corporate strategy, R&D, and venture capital projects at Exelon. Earlier in his career, he worked in nuclear security, conducted nuclear fusion research, and apprenticed as a construction draftsman. Jake holds a master’s degree in nuclear science and engineering and dual bachelor’s degrees in physics and nuclear science and engineering from MIT.