Back to the Future : Advanced Nuclear Energy and the Battle Against Climate Change / Josh Freed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freed, Josh, author.

Series:

Brookings essay.

Brookings essay

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy--Government policy--United States.

Nuclear energy.

Climate change mitigation.

Nuclear energy--Environmental aspects.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (25 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The Brookings Institution, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Golden Age of nuclear energy in the United States has passed, and the accidents, if not disasters, at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima have damaged nuclear power's rise in some parts of the world. And yet today, as Third Way's Josh Freed illuminates in the latest Brookings Essay, a flood of young engineers are exploring safer and cleaner nuclear energy technologies as the best option for powering the world and addressing the looming threat of climate change. Yet as Freed demonstrates, advanced nuclear energy is too big, complex, and expensive to take off without significant political backing and changes in how the government supports innovation. If the U.S. doesn't invest in advanced nuclear, he argues, it's inevitable that another country will lead the way in this game-changing field.

Contents:

Leslie and Mark's old/new idea

Climate change spurs new call for nuclear energy

From atoms for peace to Chernobyl

The return of nuclear pioneers

Missing in action : the United States government

Getting the U.S. back in the race

Who will own the nuclear power future?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815726661

081572666X

OCLC:

965167657