Nuclear Power Facing an Uncertain Future
May 25, 2022
With nuclear power plants in a handful of states facing possible closure, a cadre of technical and social observers want to keep them open, the Washington Post reports. Some advocates call for building even more nuclear plants, seeing them as carbon-free suppliers of needed energy that will help minimize risk of climate change. But for nuclear energy to play any significant role, the nuclear industry must fundamentally reform itself, Jessica Lovering and Suzanne Hobbs Baker argue in Issues. This will require, they write, “embracing not just new technological pathways, but also a more democratic, inclusive approach to how it does business.”