Power to the Planet will be a grand tour through nuclear power, and the many ways it can be used to build a clean-energy future for this nation and the world. In simple language, the book will explain the basics of nuclear technology, and the many things the world can do with the compact, carbon-free energy it provides—generating electricity on demand; powering ships at sea; producing high-temperature heat for industry and low-temperature heat for buildings; desalinating water; generating medical isotopes; fabricating synthetic fuels and fertilizers; removing excess carbon from the oceans and atmosphere; the list goes on. You’ll learn how all the reliable, carbon-free power the world needs for an energy-rich future could be produced by nuclear power, and with little or no uranium mining. You’ll also learn how many regions around the world will be able to build their own nuclear grid with local materials and few if any imports. Reliable, sustainable, and abundant clean energy is not a pipe dream. At the same time, industrializing nature by carpeting the landscape with passive energy-harvesting systems like wind and solar is not a comprehensive solution to the problems we face. We need all-weather, active energy-production systems on small plots of land, using our existing transmission corridors while generating a tiny amount of waste. Power to the Planet will show how nuclear power can get the job done for centuries to come.