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NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY FRIDAY

Episode 2: The untold history of nuclear

Episode 1: Let’s get nuke-pilled

Reading list

Name

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Energy Superabundance — by Austin Vernon and Eli Dourado

Article

https://www.thecgo.org/research/energy-superabundance/

Research

Nuclear Power Is Poised for a Comeback. The Problem Is Building the Reactors. – by WSJ reporter Matthew Dalton.