Publications

This year the climate-nuclear-security nexus entered the mainstream. Now the stakes for success are more serious. There are five major issues that need to be addressed in 2022 to continue this year’s progress. The most high-profile issue is sustaining the rising acceptance of nuclear energy as a major contributor to the global quest for zero-carbon…

Last month’s COP 26 international climate change meeting provided an unexpected boost to the value of nuclear power as a clean energy source. But, if the next generation of the technology is to actually contribute to the global quest for zero-carbon energy, there is a lot more that needs to be done, and quickly. There currently exists…

The hot air machine at the Glasgow climate conference has mercifully been shut off after running on overdrive for two weeks. In its wake one of the quietest but most significant achievements was the elevation of the nuclear-climate nexus. The challenge in this victory is to quickly and effectively pivot from the prior quest for…

China apparently didn’t want to contribute to the excessive hot air being emitted at the Glasgow climate COP, so it’s leaders skipped out. Instead it is preparing to spend up to $440 billion building 150 new nuclear reactors to achieve its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2060. By contrast, the U.S. sent the president and 13 high-level…