Nuclear Energy

Humanity Should Split More Atoms

The cure for poverty and climate change is nuclear.

Lea Booth

7 Jul 2023 · 7 min read

Chernobyl Revisited

Much of the tragedy resides in our collective response to the meltdown.

Lea Booth

26 Apr 2023 · 7 min read

The Dawn of Nuclear Energy Abundance

The day is coming when nuclear energy will transform our planet.

Lea Booth

9 Feb 2023 · 19 min read

It’s Time the Green Movement Stopped Demonizing Nuclear

The pro-nuclear movement is gaining traction despite vocal opposition

Zion Lights

10 Dec 2022 · 13 min read

The Energy Future Belongs to Nuclear

It remains the only proven technology capable of serving the energy needs of de-carbonized modern society.

Regis Nicoll

4 Nov 2022 · 6 min read

Hyping the Energy Transition

Consumption of fossil fuels is growing faster than ever.

Robert Bryce

18 Oct 2022 · 7 min read

Germany's Energy Catastrophe

If Russia permanently cuts off natural gas exports to Germany, it will likely send the country, the world’s fourth-largest economy, into a severe recession.

Lea Booth

14 Jul 2022 · 8 min read

The Problem with Nuclear Power

In the US it’s hard to imagine nuclear power playing anything more than a minimal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which makes projected goals for 2030 and beyond difficult to achieve.

William Beaver

31 May 2022 · 6 min read

How We Can Get Clean Energy—What Needs to Be Done?

Editor's note: this is the third in a three-part series on how we can get clean energy. Part I [https://quillette.com/2022/04/14/how-we-can-get-clean-energy-fuel-and-human-progress/] explains the relationship between Fuel and Human Progress [https://quillette.com/2022/04/14/how-we-can-get-clean-energy-fuel-and-human-progress/] , Part II answers the question “Is Nuclear Power Safe?

Robert Zubrin

17 May 2022 · 11 min read

Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists

In the recent Netflix smash hit Don’t Look Up, scientists try to warn the world about a comet hurtling towards Earth that is going to wipe out human civilization and possibly life itself. Except, no-one wants to hear the bad news: the US president is too busy with the