Nuclear power is too slow and too expensive to save the climate | Mycle Schneider
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Nuclear power is too slow and too expensive to save the climate | Mycle Schneider

"Nuclear power is not a bad option or a good option. It is not an option." Mycle Schneider — 1997 Right Livelihood Laureate and Convening Lead Author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Reports — on the cost, speed, and permanence problems that, in his analysis, take nuclear power out of the running as a serious response to the climate emergency. 📌 This conversation was recorded in 2023 in Stockholm. We're sharing it as Mycle Schneider returns to the city to discuss the findings of the 2025 Report — and the new data confirms what he argued two years ago, in some cases more starkly. In April 2025, global solar generation overtook nuclear for the first time. New reactors connected between 2022 and 2024 had an average construction time of 10.8 years. Mycle's 2023 framework hasn't aged. The numbers behind it have only sharpened. ⚡ In this Q&A, Mycle Schneider explains: ▪️ The biggest myth about nuclear — how fast it can actually be built ▪️ Why the cost story has shifted: from "too cheap to meter" to uncompetitive ▪️ Why nuclear is not an option in a climate emergency ▪️ Why nuclear can never be sustainable 🔗 About Mycle Schneider: https://rightlivelihood.org/the-change-makers/find-a-laureate/mycle-schneider/ 📊 The World Nuclear Industry Status Report: https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/ #NuclearPower #ClimateEmergency #EnergyPolicy