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High Country News - Emma's "Why Nuclear"

Is nuclear energy the key to saving the planet?

We think so. And we’re so excited that High Country News interviewed Emma for this article.

Nuclear engineer and activist — and environmentalist — Emma Redfoot poses outside the Vallecitos Nuclear Center near Livermore, California, where the dome of a nuclear power plant that once produced 40,000 megawatt-hours of electricity still stands.

(Sarah Craig)

At the Save the Nukes march in Chicago in October 2016, Emma Redfoot, center back, stands beside pro-nuclear activists, including Mothers for Nuclear founders Heather Hoff and Kristin Zaitz, and Tari Marshall, and Sarah Woolf.