The fallacy of nuclear power as the answer to climate change

What is it about?

This book review, debunks the argument, advocated by the book of the same name that nuclear power can ever be essential to addressing climate change. The vast bulk of emissions are not able to be averted by nuclear power and those that putatively are are too small to make any difference in the timeframe required. The book overstates the benefits of nuclear power and grossly underplays its adverse features with little objectivity or balanced critical appraisal.

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Why is it important?

The review provides a succinct and punchy overview of the arguments debunking the 'nuclear power is essential to averting climate change' claim, whilst demonstrating how bad an academic publication can be when ideological zealotry and bad research meets poor editorial oversight.