Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change

By M.V. Ramana. Argues that nuclear power will slow our response to climate change and increase the risk of weapons proliferation. Even beyond the implications of potential meltdowns and waste disposal, the author says that nuclear is not practicable on a large scale. Future energy technology depends on two important parameters: cost and time, and nuclear fails on both counts. It is more costly than its renewable competitors wind and solar. And, importantly given the need for rapid transformation, it is slow. A plant takes a decade to come online not including permits and fundraising etc. The book also reveals the powerful groups with vested interests in the maintenance of the status quo, currently working hard to greenwash a spectacularly dirty industry. Read more.