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In this episode, Packy and Julia set the stage for the season.
They start with how they each got nuke-pilled and how the global narrative on energy has shifted, following events like the war in Ukraine and growing inflation. Next, they bust the three most common myths about nuclear energy: it’s too unsafe, there’s too much nuclear waste, and nuclear energy = nuclear weapons. And then they set the stage for the real challenges we’ll tackle this season: the economics of nuclear power, regulation and the role of government, and the power of public perception.
Episode 1 Resources:
⭐ Packy and Julia’s top picks:
- Nuclear energy: past, present and future—
by Julia DeWahl
- Death Rates from Energy Production Per TWh—
by Our World In Data
- Energy superabundance—
by Austin Vernon and Eli Dourado
💭 Myth-busting:
- Nuclear waste is misunderstood—
by Madison Hilly
- The Big Lie About Nuclear Energy—
by Cleo Abram
- The Low Energy Trap—
by Albert Wenger
- A Growing Share of Americans Favor More Nuclear Power—
by Pew Research
- Apocalypse Never—
by Michael Shellenberger
- Debunking myths on nuclear power (it’s not for making bombs)—
By Michael Boland
- 👨🔧 Seven Things the Simpsons Got Wrong About Nuclear—
US Office of Nuclear Energy
🏭 Nuclear Accidents:
- The Fukishima Daichii Accident—
World Nuclear Association
- 5 Facts About Three Mile Island—
US Office of Nuclear Energy
- What Happened at Three Mile Island? —
Idaho National Laboratory
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- The Chernobyl Accident, 1986—
World Nuclear Association
- Chernobyl FAQs—
International Atomic Energy Association
- The Chernobyl Disaster—
by Nick Touran
⚡ Energy vs Weapons:
- Beyond Oppenheimer, How Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Reactors Are Different—
US Office of Nuclear Energy
- The Megatons to Megawatts program—
Wikipedia
- A Transparent Success: “The Megatons to Megawatts” Program—
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
✖️ Tweets:
- Eade Bengard tweet about nuclear energy
- Sierra Club gets ratioed