Currently, nuclear power provides about half of the country’s carbon-free electricity. Today, nuclear advocates say the future of atomic energy looks very different and with climate disasters piling up on our doorsteps, absolutely essential. Since then, many have shut down, and others are scheduled to retire in the coming decades. The behemoth power plants often went over budget, and generated fears of radiation leaks after the partial meltdown of a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. That’s the current image of nuclear energy based on massive projects from the 1970’s and 1980’s. Giant cooling towers pour out steam and send megawatts of electricity through interstate power lines to hundreds of thousands of homes. This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast.įind it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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