The Nuclear Energy Emergence

Or, maybe re-emergence? Nuclear energy looked dead & done in 2011, but it is (maybe) making a come-back. Or, it could just be the perception of a come-back fueled by marketing hype from the nuclear energy industry? Regardless of what your think, here are two facts: 1) nuclear energy is expensive and always will be and 2) we have not solved the nuclear fuel cycle. Nuclear energy may need to be part of our global energy network, but somehow we need to come to terms with these two facts along the way. Here are two great resources:

• The Nuclear Stations Map
• On the nuclear trail: The dawn of a global renaissance in nuclear energy