Nuclear Power Gaining Favor
January 19, 2022
To curb climate change, roughly two-thirds of US states say nuclear energy can play an important role in reducing use of carbon-emitting fossil fuels, an Associated Press survey of energy policies finds. This support “could lead to the first expansion of nuclear reactor construction in the US in more than three decades.” But to expand, the nuclear power industry will need to fundamentally rethink its history and how it operates today, Jessica Lovering and Suzanne Hobbs Baker argue in Issues. The industry, they write, must embrace “not just new technological pathways, but also a more democratic, inclusive approach to how it does business.”