Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC will mean a growing role for nuclear power. As wildfires burn a parched land, California is rethinking its decision to decommission its last nuclear plant.
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Kristin and Heather spent much time defending their environmentalist habits, but judgement came down - the other side “has the better arguments.”
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Nuclear produces electricity that is carbon-free on a small land footprint, and that’s pretty attractive to someone like me who cares about the environment. -Kristin Zaitz
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In the wake of the Fukushima accident, Hoff went from fearing that she would need to leave her job to being committed to the potential of nuclear to be a safe, clean contribution to the global energy supply.
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Iida talks with Al Scott about the importance of building more low carbon power plants, and how nuclear is the key.
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For something that is so obviously the right thing to do, why would we not go to extreme lengths, change laws, and even harder, change our minds, in order to support it? I believe we can do this. I still believe in the power of humanity to do hard things in order to protect people and the planet. Not because it’s popular or easy or obvious. Because it’s right.
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It’s not the first documentary to herald the eco-nuclear movement but, even so, this is still a convincing argument in favour of the long-tabooed energy source.
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Decades after the previous generation of greens protested to close nuclear reactors, a new generation is beginning to advocate to save those same plants. These activists regard nuclear power – which provides more than half of the country’s clean energy – as a vital asset in the fight against climate change.
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“We have to give this technology a chance,” the Mothers for Nuclear member said, joining dozens of others who stood with signs outside the city’s famous Brandenburg Gate.
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Heather chatted with Emmet about defending Diablo Canyon.
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By all means keep researching and innovating, but the cheapest and fastest solution to meeting our carbon-emissions goals right now is lifetime extension of existing nuclear plants.
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Heather describes her trajectory as the daughter of an eccentric tinkerer growing up without a flush toilet in the desert in Arizona, to the co-leader of her campus recycling program, to her unexpected employment at Diablo Canyon as a reactor operator and her role as a co-founder of MfN.
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Carolyn Joseph, the Atomic Mom, and other moms in Illinois advocate to support the state’s clean energy legacy and help create policy that values the benefits of carbon-free energy.
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They toyed with a few generic names—Mothers for Climate, Mothers for Sustainability—because they worried that the word “nuclear” would scare some people off. But they ultimately discarded those more innocuous options. “We wanted to be really clear that we think nuclear needs to be part of the solution.”
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The nuclear energy industry, like many conventional industries, is evolving. It is beginning to understand that women are vital to the success of the industry, and that women are precisely as skilled as their male counterparts, and in many cases, more so.
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Building new clean energy to replace existing clean energy means spending money for little to no actual emissions reductions.
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When existing nuclear plants close, they are almost always replaced by fossil fuels.
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Yes, we can innovate and improve our technology for the future, but right now, nuclear is the only non-emitting source of 24/7 electricity.
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“They do research and communicate in academic terms,” says Zaitz, referring to existing pro-nuclear groups. “We want to reach people—to change hearts and minds.”
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