Nuclear Revolution : Powering the Next Generation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Jack.

Contributor:

Moore, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy--Economic aspects.

Nuclear energy.

Energy policy--United States.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ontario : Optimum Publishing International, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

"Jack Spencer tells it the way it is and needs to be to make nuclear energy an affordable choice for America. Read this thoughtful and provocative book written by one of America's great conservative thinkers." - William Martin, Former Deputy Energy Secretary; Chair, Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee Skyrocketing energy prices are placing downward pressure on economic growth throughout the world. There seems to be no relief in sight, with hundreds of millions without access to reliable energy and with global energy consumption expected to grow by 50 percent over the next 30 years. Some would impose energy rationing?or in other words, slow human progress. But with nearly 46 percent of the world's population living on less than $5.50 per day, slowing human progress is unacceptable. The only solution is more energy and lots of it. Jack Spencer, in his upcoming book, Nuclear Revolution: Powering the Next Generation, argues that nuclear energy offers real answers to power our homes and industries, clean our air and water, and maybe even take us to Mars. However, we have been getting nuclear power wrong for decades. Skeptics say that nuclear energy is too expensive and threatens the world with the proliferation of nuclear weapons material and radioactive waste. Proponents say that nuclear power needs and deserves the support of the state and the taxpayer, cradle to grave. The time has come, Spencer argues, to think big nuclear energy and pull it out of the time capsule that pop culture, environmental activists, lobbyists, peaceniks, and policymakers are all too content to leave nuclear in. Spencer writes that while the government-industry partnership that defined the early years of America's commercial nuclear rise was essential to the nation's security, reluctance to modernize that relationship has prevented the American nuclear industry from reaching its full potential. In its place, Spencer offers an alternative that shatters how we think about nuclear energy policy and realigns the responsibilities of government and industry with the incentives that will drive America to success. Nuclear Revolution describes why government intervention in the nuclear industry is a problem, how to move from the status quo to something new, and why such reforms will kick off an era of nuclear entrepreneurship and innovation. Over 70 years ago, nuclear energy entered the scene with great promise. Now more than ever, the world needs that promise delivered, and America can lead the way.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. Why Nuclear Energy?

Chapter 2. Security through Affordable, Clean, Safe Energy

Chapter 3. Plagued by Myths

Chapter 4. Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima Daiichi

Chapter 5. The Broken Power Plant Fallacy

Chapter 6. an Industry Gaslighted

Chapter 7. Government Can’t Subsidize an Industry into Success

Chapter 8. The Promise, Challenge, and Opportunity of Advanced Reactors

Chapter 9. Fueling the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 10. The Atomic Opportunity of Nuclear Waste

Chapter 11. A Policy Revolution

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Index

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ISBN:

9780888903587

0888903588

OCLC:

1477224609