Marco Visscher

MARCO VISSCHER

Articles

Why the golden unlock with nuclear power will be mental

A wave of innovation is coursing through the nuclear industry — but ingrained opposition is the biggest roadblock.

Big Think, 3 January 2025

(Photo: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)

'my god, what have we done?'

On dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. An excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Power of Nuclear, by Marco Visscher. 

Medium, 26 November 2024

nuclear power is already great

When “nuclear-loving greens” demand innovation, they imply something is wrong with current reactors, and slow down climate policy. This needs to stop. 

Quillette, 21 November 2024

How Finland’s Green Party Chose Nuclear Power

Finland’s Greens have made nuclear energy part of their environmentalist vision. Here’s how the party made it happen and why Europe is set to follow.

Palladium, 28 October 2022

The unsensational truth about nuclear power: Does disaster loom in Zaporizhzhya?

With fights breaking out near Zaporizhzhya’s nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the spectre of an immense disaster looms. Or does it?

WePlanet, 10 October 2022

Schade aan kerncentrale hoeft geen ramp te betekenen

Met het wapengekletter rond de kerncentrale bij Zaporizja in Oekraïne dook meteen het schrikbeeld van een immense nucleaire ramp op. Een overtrokken reflex. 

de Volkskrant, 9 oktober 2022