It's easy to make a rational case in favor of nuclear power, and people have been making that case for some time.
No fossil fuels are burned, so nuclear power plants don't emit carbon, so they're "green" -- a big issue in today's cultural climate. They don't depend on wind or sunshine, so they're always reliably providing power.
But there's a problem with the public's perception. A model and new author puts it this way: "For an entire generation, when they hear the word nuclear, the first thing that comes to their mind is mushroom clouds."
There it is, an image that holds the imagination of not only Gen Z but of many millennials and boomers as well. Rational or not, fear of nuclear power holds us back.
This author is on a mission to change that. Here's her TED talk of 2022:
from "The Brazilian Model Who Wants America to Go Nuclear"
(cont'd tomorrow)
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