Going Nuclear - How the Atom Will Save the World
A bold and ground-breaking call to harness the untapped potential of nuclear power to tackle our global climate and energy crises, from a leading chemist Tim Gregory at the National Nuclear Laboratory
What if climate change isn't an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?
In this visionary book, Dr Tim Gregory urges us to rethink the path to net zero. He argues that the solution to climate change lies not simply in replacing fossil fuels with renewables, but in fully embracing another energy source that emits zero carbon dioxide: nuclear power.
Gregory dismantles the conventional wisdom that renewables such as wind and solar are completely ‘green’, and debunks myths surrounding nuclear waste and radiation, demonstrating that nuclear power is not only reliable, safe and potent, but the most environmentally responsible way to harvest energy.
Going Nuclear calls for decarbonisation to be the twenty-first century's Apollo programme. By interweaving scientific optimism, myth-busting data, and ambitious policy ideas, Gregory illustrates the boundless potential of the atom beyond just clean energy: from advanced medicine and forensics to atomic gardening and space exploration.
This is a bold case for an alternative, sustainable and prosperous future: a world in which abundant energy is available to all.
‘I challenge you to read this book and not be excited about how we get on and power the world with sustainable energy for the next century’ Hannah Ritchie, author of Not The End of The World
‘This is a thrilling book: vividly written, filled with fascinating facts, and inspiring in its vision for the future’Steven Pinker
Published by Bodley Head which is part of Vintage
£25 | Hardback | E-Book
About The Author
Dr Tim Gregory is a nuclear chemist at the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield, public speaker, broadcaster and author of Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made our World. In 2017, he was a finalist in BBC2's Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes and has also presented on BBC's The Sky at Night and Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch. He has a PhD from the University of Bristol and lives in the North of England.
