'Worst-case entrepreneurs' fan the flames of fear by exploiting public ignorance and making low-probability risks more salient; they attacked nuclear power successfully by invoking Three Mile Island (which was not actually a disaster) and Chernobyl, giving nuclear power an undeserved 'bum rap' that has harmed U.S. energy development.
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“there's no question that the attack on nuclear power was driven partly by worst-case entrepreneurs who invoked Three Mile Island and Chernobyl ... nuclear power has taken too much of a bum rap”
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:17:23 AM
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