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Audio: Listen to this article. Available only to New Atlantis and Apple News+ subscribers. America’s nuclear energy situation is a microcosm of the nation’s broader political dysfunction. We are at an impasse, and the debate around nuclear energy is highly polarized, even contemptuous. This political deadlock ensures that a widely disliked status quo carries on unabated. Depending on one’s politics, Americans are left either with outdated reactors and an unrealized potential for a high-energy but climate-friendly society, or are stuck taking care of ticking time bombs churning out anot...

>> time now for our hits and misses of the week. start us off. >> a hit to andrew wheeler. they did a rockstar job at the senate hearing confirmation last week. environmental militants. they did it not just to get rid of it but to send a message to the next person. he gave that full defense. you don't have to shackle an economy to make an met -- environmental progress. >> this is a hit you would never know this consuming much of the america media that america's policies are rejected everywhere around the world. it is now inspiring other countries places like china even.