Mark P. Mills

For good reason, when thinking about nukes, we give most of our attention to weaponization and Iran – the consequences of rogue powers having nuclear weapons are terrifying. But there is another side of the nuclear equation: Nuclear power is low-carbon, renewable, clean, and domestic. Like all energy sources, it has drawbacks, including a poor […]

There was remarkably little fanfare for the 70th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s December 8, 1953 “Atoms for Peace” speech before the United Nations. Seven months before that anniversary, Time Magazine featured an essay headlined, “Nuclear Energy’s Moment Has Come,” by Charles Oppenheimer, grandson of the man who led the Manhattan Project. History, however, shows that […]