By Shannon James Over the past year, the federal government has doubled down on nuclear energy, initiating policies meant to fast-track “advanced” reactor deployment and prop up the domestic nuclear industry. Supporters call it a “nuclear renaissance,”but let’s be clear: this is not a beacon of progress. It’s a high-risk, high-cost gamble that threatens public […]
TVA and the Trump Administration are rushing new nuclear power plant technologies that are unproven and not cost effective while weakening the regulatory framework designed to review cost and safety
Philseo Kim, Allison Macfarlane, August 21, 2025, Challenges of small modular reactors: A comprehensive exploration of economic and waste uncertainties associated with U.S. small modular reactor designs. Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 190.
How federal incentives created Plant Vogtle’s $36 billion disaster—and now threaten to repeat history. In May 2024, Georgia Power marked the completion of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, the first reactors built in the United States in over three decades. Rather than a moment of triumph, the project has become a stark symbol […]
Dr. M.V. Ramana explains why new nuclear power will not help us mitigate climate change, which summarizes the arguments in his 2024 book, Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change.
It’s hard to see how any of the nuclear hype becomes real unless Congress is ready to ignore market signals, nationalize the electricity sector, and rebuild an industrial infrastructure that disappeared decades ago.
Amory B. Lovins, May 10, 2025. Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity: Managing the Risks.
Dr. Joe Romm, April 2025. Smaller nuclear reactors (SMRs) are a costly dead end, especially for AI. Research Report, Penn center for Science, Sustainability and the Media.
Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Dennis Wamsted and David Schlissel, November 2024. Nuclear hype ignores high costs, long timelines.
M. V. Ramana, Naomi Oreskes, Amory Lovins, Tim Judson, October 2024. Press Briefing: Why Latest Nuclear Revival Is Already Doomed
