Pro-nuclear advocates have a few go-to cliches in their rhetorical kitbag. A big one is that the public has an irrational fear of nuclear energy and it’s led to nuclear shutdowns and excessive regulation. Let’s examine the historical record of nuclear generation to see if it's true. This is a podcast version of the <a href="https://medium.com/the-future-is-electric/economics-not-fear-of-radiation-is-killing-nuclear-energy-16f36818384e">article of the same name</a> in the TFIE Medium publication.

Pro-nuclear advocates have a few go-to cliches in their rhetorical kitbag. A big one is that the public has an irrational fear of nuclear energy and it’s led to nuclear shutdowns and excessive regulation. Let’s examine the historical record of nuclear generation to see if it's true. This is a podcast version of the article of the same name in the TFIE Medium publication.

Pro-nuclear advocates have a few go-to cliches in their rhetorical kitbag. A big one is that the public has an irrational fear of nuclear energy and it’s led to nuclear shutdowns and excessive regulation. Let’s examine the historical record of nuclear generation to see if it's true. This is a podcast version of the <a href="https://medium.com/the-future-is-electric/economics-not-fear-of-radiation-is-killing-nuclear-energy-16f36818384e" rel="noopener noreferrer">article of the same name</a> in the TFIE Medium publication.

TFIE047 CT018: Economics, not fear of radiation, is killing nuclear energy

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