Reactor: A Global History of Nuclear Power
Quandaries: Volume III, 1994-2030
Including this “placeholder” is even more speculative than that for Volume II. I have not even commenced work.
Yet I’m also keen to share with you this hazy view for the third volume of Reactor: A Global History of Nuclear Power. The period in question, from 1994 until now, is one in which nuclear energy, as a share of global electricity generation, falls even as some nations, China in particular, embrace it. This is also the climate crisis era, the time of humanity’s most urgent challenge, and nuclear energy is a hot topic because it is one of the near-zero-emissions electricity sources we must choose between if we are to survive.