The Power of Nuclear

The incredible story of a powerful and misunderstood energy source on which society turned its back

Marco Visscher is an award-winning journalist from the Netherlands. Over the last 25 years he has written extensively about climate policy and clean technology for leading newspapers and magazines. He is a former magazine editor and the author of several books who lives with his wife and three children in Rotterdam.

1. Pandemonium: Why did we need to split the atom? 2. A Welcome Distraction: Why the enthusiasm about nuclear energy? 3. The Reckoning: Why the resistance against nuclear energy 4. Doomed: What went wrong in the world's biggest nuclear disaster 5. A Strange Glow: How dangerous is radiation? 6. Exodus: What should you (not) do after a nuclear accident? 7. Peace With the Atomic Bomb: Have nuclear weapons really made the world less safe? 8. Perverse Incentives: Was the industry itself responsible for the decline in nuclear power? 9. Heated: How can nuclear energy combat climate change? 10. Hidden Treasure: What should we do with nuclear waste? 11. Dreaming of Progress: What does the future of nuclear energy look like?