charts, graphs and statistics that never see the light of day aren't changing minds. cue isodope. if you haven't had a chance to watch my @TEDTalks yet, please go check it out and share the meme: nuclear energy is cool. 💙 https://t.co/nKPejmn9em #isodope #ted

in the 1950s, Walt wasn’t just in his drawing room, dreaming up fairy tales and Mickey Mouse. he was fascinated by atoms! ✨  he saw nuclear electricity as the key to a bright, abundant future, one where clean energy could power homes, cities, even theme parks. that’s why he

5. 100% renewable is a stupid goal Renewables are awesome when they’re backed by nuclear. But wind and solar alone can’t carry the grid. Sometimes the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. A better goal would be 100% clean so that nuclear can be a part of the solution.

4. You won’t really hear me rooting for fusion Fusion is cool, you should definitely keep rooting for it. But my focus is on what can scale now. We already have fission, it already works, and it’s the cleanest, most reliable source we’ve got. Climate change isn’t waiting for us

3. No energy source is absolutely perfect and that’s ok Every energy source has flaws, even nuclear. Its history isn’t spotless, but the lessons learned gave us the strictest safety regulations in any industry. And nuclear regulations are a GOOD THING. They keep us safe and help

2. I would swim in a spent fuel pool if someone would let me (any takers?) Spent fuel pools are actually completely safe as long as you’re a few feet above the fuel rods resting at the bottom of a ~40-foot-deep pool. Water is one of the best radiation shields there is, so yeah,

1. Nuclear waste (spent fuel) is my favorite type of waste Nuclear waste is the only waste in the world where we know where every single gram of it is. The fuel used in nuclear power plants is extremely energy dense, so we get lots of energy with very little land or material

what an honor it is to be selected for 2025 TIME100 Climate, @TIME’s list of 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action. being a part of the solution to the climate crisis has been a growing mission of mine for the past 6 years, but i couldn’t have made any of

the point is, we have bigger fish to fry. save a sardine for Ray (the cat). 🐟 happy halloween! 🎃

ironically, if we don’t solve climate change first, there won’t be anyone left in 10,000 years to decode our radioactive cat stories.

thankfully, no one’s actually making glow-in-the-dark cats. instead, scientists have found far safer, saner solutions like burying waste deep underground in geologically stable rock that hasn’t shifted for millions of years (like Finland is doing at Onkalo).

but then someone drummed up the Ray Cat Solution. it was literally proposed to genetically engineer cats to glow whenever radiation was present. the thinking was that if our descendants see glowing cats hanging around a certain spot, they’ll know “something is wrong here.” the

the goal was to make the land look so cursed, so uninviting, that no future explorer would ever want to dig there. (btw terrible idea if you ask me. what’s the first thing people do when they see a “do not touch” sign? THEY TOUCH IT)

in the 1980s, U.S. researchers designing long-term waste sites brainstormed everything from massive spikes jutting from the desert floor, ominous symbols and objects, to engraved granite monuments with messages like: “this place is not a place of honor… nothing valued is here.”

you might be surprised, but plenty of folks are seriously worried about what will happen to nuclear waste if society collapses or language disappears. welcome to the world of “nuclear semiotics,” where scientists literally brainstorm ways to warn humans about nuclear waste

why uranium? because it’s insanely energy dense. just one tiny enriched uranium pellet (about the size of a gummy bear) packs as much power as a ton of coal or 150 gallons of oil. and it does it without choking the planet and killing millions of people every year. #RadFuture

when i first started learning about nuclear electricity 10 years ago, i was shocked by how hard it was to find anything accessible. everything i came across was either too technical, too academic, or written in a way that felt gatekept. that’s why i wrote Rad Future. i wanted to

michael bloomberg…yes, THAT michael bloomberg…shared his thoughts on Rad Future. i’m humbled and grateful to have one of the world’s leading voices in business, philanthropy, and climate action recognize the importance of this work. 🌍⚡️ if you haven’t had a chance to read

go check out my full conversation with @pjmcginnis on #FOMOSapiens! https://t.co/FPwaMymUmf

everyone’s always worried about earthquakes shaking things up. but finland’s Onkalo repository is built into some of the oldest, most stable bedrock on earth. it’s designed to stay safe for hundreds of thousands of years. the real risk is humans letting myths and fear stop

if we want to solve climate change, we can’t let fear dictate the narrative. just as banqiao didn’t stop the world from using hydropower, chernobyl shouldn’t stop us from embracing nuclear.