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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 Depending on one’s politics, Americans are left either with outdated reactors and an unrealized potential for a high-energy but climate-friendly society, or are stuck taking care of ticking time bombs churning out anot...

14 January 2021 Share The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the  Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste. (Image: Reuters Next) "Whether you look at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch...

Trump energy chief says he has 'positioned' US to begin meeting Biden climate goals Print this article President Trump’s energy secretary, Dan Brouillette, says he supports the incoming Biden administration’s plans to accelerate investments in clean energy and electric vehicles to combat climate change. While Trump is known for promoting fossil fuel development and questioning climate change science, Brouillette, his understated energy secretary, has been quietly working to develop technologies that he believes will be crucial to realizing a lower-carbon energy economy. Now, as he prepar...

January 15, 2021 There are a hundred reasons why nuclear energy can play a massive role in the future of American power and prosperity. It creates high-paying jobs better than any other energy source. Its fuel sources are abundant. It fuels NASA’s most innovative projects. It offers a solution to conservation concerns without devastating the economy. And despite its sensationalist image, it is far safer than fossil fuels, and about the same in safety as solar and wind. “Nuclear provides 55% of our country’s clean energy, and about 20% of our power, and it’s one of the most reliable ge...

The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste.