Age of Miracles Season 1: Nuclear Energy
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GENERAL RESOURCES
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NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY FRIDAY
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Episode 2: The untold history of nuclear
Episode 2: The untold history of nuclear
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Episode 1: Let’s get nuke-pilled
Episode 1: Let’s get nuke-pilled
Reading list
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Type
Link
Description
Category
Episode
Atomic Awakening by James Mahaffey
Book
https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Awakening-History-Future-Nuclear-ebook/dp/B004GUS68I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=atomic+awakening&qid=1657837327&sprefix=atomic+awa%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1
An excellent but dense history of the nuclear industry, including the scientific discoveries that led up to the development of the first nuclear reactor.
General History
Scientific History
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Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop by Jack Devanney
Book
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=why+nuclear+power+has+been+a+flop&sprefix=why+nuclear+power+%2Caps%2C128&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_18
Focuses on the regulatory framework that has hamstrung the nuclear industry and why costs are as high as they are. Jason Crawford of Roots of Progress has an excellent summary here.
Regulations Breakdown
General History
Government
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E2
Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy
Book
https://www.amazon.com/Atoms-Ashes-History-Nuclear-Disasters-ebook/dp/B09KMDP6TS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QE44IZT67M4Q&keywords=Atoms+and+Ashes&qid=1657837877&sprefix=atoms+and+ashes%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-1
Details the nuclear disasters of Fukushima, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.
Disaster History
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Apocalypse Never by Michael Shellenberger
Book
https://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Never-Environmental-Alarmism-Hurts-ebook/dp/B07Y8FHFQ7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R94LFOJ6EINM&keywords=Apocalypse+Never&qid=1657838155&sprefix=atoms+and+ashes%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1
Ecomodernist take on the environmental challenges of our times, with a great chapter on nuclear. This book was the catalyst for Julia’s deeper dive into nuclear.
Present
Environment
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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future – by Gretchen Bakke
Book
https://www.amazon.com/Grid-Fraying-Between-Americans-Energy-ebook/dp/B01DM9Q6CQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22PGM05VO7B7O&keywords=the+grid&qid=1657924695&sprefix=the+grid%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1
How our grid works, the trouble with renewables, and why we need stable baseload or an overhauled grid. For a shorter read on the grid, check out How Utilities Make Money by the Sightline Institute.
Present
Grid Breakdown
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A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow – by Josh Goldstein and Staffan Qvist.
Book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541724119?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
Present
Environment
After Fukushima: What We Now Know – by Andrew Daniels
Book
https://www.amazon.com/After-Fukushima-History-Nuclear-Radiation/dp/1534946306
Dense but has some of everything – history of accidents, deep dive into the value chain from uranium to the various reactor models, research on public opinion.
General History
Disaster History
Scientific History
E1
Who Killed Nuclear Energy and How to Revive It — by Emmet Penney
Article
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/who-killed-nuclear-energy-and-how-to-revive-it/
General History
E1
Energy Superabundance — by Austin Vernon and Eli Dourado
Article
https://www.thecgo.org/research/energy-superabundance/
Research
E1
Nuclear Power Is Poised for a Comeback. The Problem Is Building the Reactors. – by WSJ reporter Matthew Dalton.
Article
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nuclear-power-climate-change-russia-energy-11655995024
A look at the hang-ups with current nuclear projects.
Present
Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part I and II — by Brian Potter
Article
https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/why-are-nuclear-power-constructionhttps://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/why-are-nuclear-power-construction-370
Present
Nuclear Energy: An Overview of Congressional Issues – by Mark Holt at Congressional Research Service.
Article
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42853#_Toc46333507
Government
A 2006 NASA program shows how government can move at the speed of startups – by Eli Dourado
Article
https://www.thecgo.org/benchmark/a-2006-nasa-program-shows-how-government-can-move-at-the-speed-of-startups/
An interesting analogy for how the US gov’t could support the nuclear industry.
Government
Titans of Nuclear – by Bret Kugelmass
Podcast
https://www.titansofnuclear.com/
General Resource
E1
Decouple — by Chris Keefer
Podcast
https://www.decouplemedia.org/
General Resource
E1
The Energy of Tomorrow: The Promise, Failure, and Possible Rebirth of Nuclear Power — by Jason Crawford
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tYlXY19I3c&t=4514s
General History
Present
What Happened at 3 mile Island?
Article
https://inl.gov/trending-topics/three-mile-island/#:~:text=WHAT%20HAPPENED%20AT%20THREE%20MILE,noted%20in%20numerous%20health%20studies.
Disaster History
E1
5 Facts about Three Mile Island — energy.gov
Article
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-facts-know-about-three-mile-island
Disaster History
E1
Fukishima Daichi accident — World Nuclear Association
Article
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-daiichi-accident.aspx
Disaster History
E1
Sierra Club veto new nuclear
tweet
https://twitter.com/SierraClubIL/status/1690054514772975624
General Resource
E1
“Is nuclear bad” tweet
tweet
https://twitter.com/eade_bengard/status/1696740570495123627
General Resource
E1
Death Rates from Energy Production
Data
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh
General Resource
E1
Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power
Article
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/18/growing-share-of-americans-favor-more-nuclear-power/
Pew Research article.
General Resource
E1
The Low Energy Trap — by Albert Wenger
Article
https://continuations.com/post/693055225602424832/the-low-energy-trap
General Resource
E1
Nuclear Waste Is Misunderstood — by Cleo Abram
Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/opinion/climate-change-nuclear-waste.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
General Resource
E1
The Big Lie About Nuclear Energy
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQ3gFRj0Bc&list=PLF-HhhjMki5n3PF6xpvR7-wH_-P-FpLqk&index=18
General Resource
E1
Energy Superabundance — by Austin Vernon and Eli Dourado
Article
https://www.thecgo.org/research/energy-superabundance/
Austin Vernon and Eli Dourado explore what the world would be like with limitless energy.
General Resource
E1
Article
Fission startups
Small Modular Reactors
Nuclear energy: past, present, future — by Julia DeWahl
Article
https://juliadewahl.com/nuclear-energy-past-present-future
Blog post on the recent developments in nuclear energy.
Research
General Resource
Present
E1
7 Things the Simpsons got wrong about Nuclear — energy.gov
Article
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/7-things-simpsons-got-wrong-about-nuclear
General History
General Resource
E1
Beyond Oppenheimer: how nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors are different — energy.gov
Article
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/beyond-oppenheimer-how-nuclear-weapons-and-nuclear-reactors-are-different
General History
General Resource
Scientific History
E1
Debunking Myths on Nuclear Power
Article
https://theconversation.com/debunking-myths-on-nuclear-power-its-not-for-making-bombs-20013
General Resource
E1
Megatons to Megawatts Program — wikipedia
wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatons_to_Megawatts_Program
General History
E1
Megatons to Megawatts Program — iaea.org
Article
https://str.llnl.gov/content/pages/april-2013/pdf/4.13.3.pdf
General History
E1
Chernobyl Accident — world-nuclear.org
Article
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx
Disaster History
E1
Chernobyl FAQs — iaea.org
Article
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/chernobyl/faqs
Disaster History
E1
The Chernobyl Disaster — whatisnuclear.com
Article
https://whatisnuclear.com/chernobyl-main.html
Disaster History
E1
Who Killed Nuclear and How to Revive It — American Affairs Journal
Article
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/who-killed-nuclear-energy-and-how-to-revive-it/
General History
General Resource
E2
Admiral Rickover’s “Paper Reactor” memo
Article
https://whatisnuclear.com/rickover.html
General History
E2
Rockefeller Foundation’s influence on nuclear education — atomicinsights.com
Article
https://atomicinsights.com/rockefeller-foundations-influence-education-health-effect-low-dose-radiation/
General History
E2
Low dose radiation elongates lifespan — NIH
Article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299535/
General History
E2
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https://www.secureframe.com
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