
Chinese: 
世界上有許多問題來自能源短缺或能源分配
世界上有許多問題來自能源短缺或能源分配
Transatomic 公司正嘗試帶給世界一種新的發電方式
這種發電方式有很重的歷史包袱
我們是新式核子反應爐的新創公司
我們想要打入世界上最龐大的產業
我們知道這很困難
我是Transatomic Power的CEO，Leslie Dewan

English: 
So many of the world's problems 
are related to energy shortages
or issues with energy distribution.
At Transatomic we're trying to move the world 
towards a new form of power generation.
A form of power generation that 
has a lot of baggage quite honestly.
We're a start-up commercializing 
a new type of nuclear reactor.
We want to forge a path into an industry
that is the biggest industry in the world.
We know that we're up against big odds.
I'm Leslie Dewan and I'm the 
CEO of Transatomic Power.

English: 
I definitely didn't intend to 
become an entrepreneur.
I started at school wanting to be a physicist.
Either working for a national lab, 
maybe staying in academia.
But, I think right now is an 
incredible time to be alive.
In every field imaginable people 
are making such cool stuff.
I got really drawn to the idea of starting my 
own company  and trying something new.
And that was when we started Transatomic.
The stakes are extremely high here.
When we're trying to make a 
better source of electric power.
Worldwide energy demand 
is supposed to double by 2050.
The vast majority of it will be 
from increased electricity use
in the rapidly developing countries.
They just need electricity to 
improve their quality of life
so that they can have light around the clock, 
and clean running water, and refrigeration.
So Transatomic is trying to meet 
that growing electricity need

Chinese: 
我不曾計畫成為一個創業家
我在學的時候想成為物理學家
我想要進實驗室工作，或是待在學術界
不過我們生在一個很好的時代
各個領域富有創意的人才都正在發明很棒的東西
我因此很想開一間自己的公司嘗試創新
於是我們創立了Transatomic
這賭注很大
我們嘗試創造更好的發電方式
2050年全球能源需求將會翻倍
快速發展國家需要大量的電力
快速發展國家需要大量的電力
他們需要電力改善生活品質
以獲取全天候的照明、乾淨的飲水、冰箱
Transatomic 嘗試達到這樣的電力需求

Chinese: 
確保安全、乾淨、低成本的可行方法
我和共同創辦人Mark Massie
在研究所就不斷思考如何打造新式核子反應爐
在研究所就不斷思考如何打造新式核子反應爐
我們意識到傳統的反應爐只能使用核燃料中3~4%的能量
我們意識到傳統的反應爐只能使用核燃料中3~4%的能量
我們意識到傳統的反應爐只能使用核燃料中3~4%的能量
我們能讓這些燃料剩餘的能量緩慢釋放出來延續數十年
我們能讓這些燃料剩餘的能量緩慢釋放出來延續數十年
我們能讓這些燃料剩餘的能量緩慢釋放出來延續數十年
這麼做能夠得到傳統反應爐三倍的電力
這麼做能夠得到傳統反應爐三倍的電力
而且這種反應爐不會因為失去電力而融毀
就算沒有人看管，它也會自動停機
有了這個新設計，
新核電廠的興建和運轉成本都會低於燃煤電廠

English: 
in a safe and clean and low-cost, scalable way.
My co-founder Mark Massie 
and I started thinking about
building newer types of nuclear reactors a lot
when we were midway through grad school.
And we realized that a conventional 
nuclear reactor is only able to consume
about three or four percent 
of the energy that they could
conceivably get out of fresh nuclear fuel.
What we were able to do 
is take this nuclear fuel
and we let it simmer like 
a crock pot for decades,
and very, very slowly extract its remaining energy.
And when we're doing that 
we're able to extract
three times as much electricity 
as conventional reactors.
This is a type of reactor that can't melt 
down if it loses electric power.
And, even if there aren't any operators 
on-site it shuts itself down.
With this new design actually able to build the 
plants more cheaply than coal power plants,

Chinese: 
有了這個新設計，
新核電廠的興建和運轉成本都會低於燃煤電廠
我們已經示範了這個科學方法本身是可行的
現在要做的是讓它成為商品
Transatomic 面臨許多挑戰
這個產業有許多包袱
車諾比、三浬島讓產業停滯
美國已經數十年沒有興建新的反應爐
美國已經數十年沒有興建新的反應爐
我們需要大眾的支持才能成功
我們希望大家想要這些反應爐
否則就不會有市場
如果無法製造人們想要的東西，就沒有用了
關於創業有種普遍的迷思:

English: 
in terms of both generating 
costs and construction costs.
So we've shown fundamentally that 
the science is going to work,
and now the focus is on turning 
it into a commercial product.
There are a lot of challenges that 
Transatomic is facing right now.
We're an industry that honestly 
does have a lot of baggage
There was Chernobyl there was Three Mile 
Island and the industry came to a standstill.
It's been many decades since there have been
new types of nuclear reactors 
under construction in the U.S.
If we want to do this we need 
support from the public.
We want people to want these reactors .
Otherwise there's no market.
Otherwise there's no good in it if we're not 
making something that people want.
There is maybe a myth out there that if you're 
an entrepreneur and your idea is good,

Chinese: 
「如果你有好的想法，一切就會自然而然輕鬆的達成」
其實無論如何，
如果你在做重要的事，就會非常非常困難
不過24小時以前，我就正在為龐大的工作量和...
...我們要面對的困難挑戰而崩潰
你得想辦法撐過去
我父親是工程師，他常帶我去科學博物館
那也是我成為工程師的一大原因
看到那麼多人類的偉大工程發明
看到那麼多人類的偉大工程發明
我們的發明有機會帶來類似的影響

English: 
everything will just fall into place
automatically and it'll be easy.
No matter what if you're doing something 
important it's going to be really really hard.
Even just you know 24 hours ago I 
was just really freaking out in a way
about the amount of work that we had to 
do and the odds that were up against.
And you have to find a way to get through that.
My dad's an engineer and he would always 
bring me to the museum of science,
and it's a big part of why i'm an engineer today.
Just seeing the examples of all the other
cool things that humans have made in engineering.
There's the chance that our work 
could do a similar amount of good.

English: 
It's really humbling and inspiring.
We know that it will take 
decades to bring this to fruition,
but this is fundamentally the coolest thing 
that we could be doing with our lives.
It's potentially world-changing.

Chinese: 
這既讓人謙遜又深具啟發
我們知道這要數十年才會有成果
不過這是我們一生所能做的最酷的事了
這有機會改變世界
