The climate crisis has inspired new hope in nuclear energy. Its advocates claim we already have the technology of the future, ready to be perfected and deployed. But as M. V. Ramana argues in this urgent and lucid book, such thinkï+½ing is not only naï+½ve but dangerous.Beyond the horrific risk of severe accidents and the intracï+½table problem of waste disposal, nuclear energy fails the two key tests for any climate solution: cost and time. More expensive than wind and solar, it is also far slower to bring online. A typical plant takes a decade to build; permitting and financing often add another. These are years we do not have.Nuclear Is Not the Solution dismantles the myth of cheap, clean atomic energy and exposes the vested interests that seek to profit from the technology while offloading its costs and risks onto the public.
| ISBN: | 9781804290033 |
| Publication date: | 6th January 2026 |
| Author: | MV Ramana |
| Publisher: | Verso |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Climate change Nuclear power and engineering Political economy |
The climate crisis has inspired new hope in nuclear energy. Its advocates claim we already have the technology of the future, ready to be perfected and deployed. But as M. V. Ramana argues in this urgent and lucid book, such thinkï+½ing is not only naï+½ve but dangerous.Beyond the horrific risk of severe accidents and the intracï+½table problem of waste disposal, nuclear energy fails the two key tests for any climate solution: cost and time. More expensive than wind and solar, it is also far slower to bring online. A typical plant takes a decade to build; permitting and financing often add another. These are years we do not have.Nuclear Is Not the Solution dismantles the myth of cheap, clean atomic energy and exposes the vested interests that seek to profit from the technology while offloading its costs and risks onto the public.
Nuclear Is Not the Solution features in the following genres: Climate change, Nuclear power and engineering, Political economy
Nuclear Is Not the Solution is available in Paperback
Nuclear Is Not the Solution was written by MV Ramana and published by Verso
Nuclear Is Not the Solution has 272 pages
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