Nuclear, but better Following listener requests of discussing nuclear, the Marketplace podcast-Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly-brought on Suzy Hobbs Baker as their nuclear energy expert. Baker is the creative director for the Fastest Path to Zero Initiative at the University of Michigan. The hosts, Kai and Molly, begin the show [...]
Why The World Needs More Nuclear Power In “Why The World Needs More Nuclear Power," by Robert Rapier in Forbes, Rapier reports on the current status of the nuclear energy industry and how important it is if we are going to decarbonize the world’s energy supply. Currently, the United States is [...]
Why we are afraid of radiation Most people are deathly afraid of radiation: for decades we’ve been told that radiation causes cancer. This was the initial conclusion when researchers first noted that radiation can cause cells to mutate and become cancerous. However, more recent scientific understandings of how our bodies deal with […]
