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🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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The atom. For a few brief years in the middle of the 20th century, America and the world was cowed by the awesome possibility and terrifying reality of nuclear energy. Nuclear power had the potential to revolutionize the world but nuclear bombs could destroy it. But still … for a brief moment it seemed like nuclear energy would save the world. Then came Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and The China Syndrome. America fell out of love with nuclear energy.
That might be changing. Climate change and scientific advances might just be the shot in the arm the flagging nuclear energy industry needs. But did the dangers actually go away?
That’s the subject of the excellent podcast Wild Thing. Its third season is all about the shifting landscape of nuclear energy. It’s comprehensive, excellent, and it’s produced and hosted by former NPR editor Laura Krantz.
On this episode of Cyber, Krantz sits down with Matthew to discuss Going Nuclear.
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0:00.0 | Tadden, it's got the code it's going to launch. |
0:10.2 | It's a unit system. |
0:12.6 | I know this. |
0:14.6 | It's how all the files of the whole park. |
0:16.8 | It tells her everything. |
0:18.6 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
0:21.3 | Eagle One. The eagle one. |
0:22.1 | The package is being delivered. |
0:25.3 | Hello out there on the internet. |
0:27.5 | I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber. |
0:30.6 | The atom. |
0:31.5 | For a few brief years in the middle of the 20th century, |
0:34.3 | America and the world was cowed by the awesome possibility |
0:37.3 | and terrifying reality |
0:38.9 | of nuclear energy. Nuclear power had the potential to revolutionize the world, but nuclear bombs |
0:45.1 | could destroy it. But still, for a brief moment, it seemed like nuclear energy would save the |
0:50.3 | world. Then came Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the China syndrome. America fell out of |
0:55.9 | love with nuclear energy. That might be changing. Climate change and scientific advances might |
1:02.0 | just be the shot in the arm the flagging nuclear energy industry needs, but did the dangers go away? |
1:09.2 | That's the subject of the excellent podcast Wild Thing. |
1:12.9 | Its third season is all about the shifting landscape of nuclear energy. |
1:16.6 | It's comprehensive, excellent, and it's produced and hosted by former NPR editor Laura Krantz, |
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