Book review: Meltdown, by Joel Levy

Last month I read the pro-nuclear treatise A Bright Future, which I thought was a well-written case for nuclear power in response to climate change – albeit with a few reservations. For the authors, one of the biggest frustrations with nuclear power is the perception that it is unsafe, when it is in fact one of the least dangerous ways to produce energy.

I thought that was worth exploring a little further. Where does the fear come from? How grounded in reality is it? What can I learn from th...