Going Nuclear

How the Atom Will Save the World

Tim Gregory

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The Bodley Head Ltd
12 June 2025

Popular science; Nuclear structure physics; Chemistry

A bold and groundbreaking call to harness the untapped potential of nuclear power to tackle our global climate and energy crises, from a leading chemist at the National Nuclear Laboratory

What if climate change isn't an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?

In this visionary book, Dr Tim Gregory urges us to rethink the path to net zero. He argues that the solution to climate change lies not simply in replacing fossil fuels with renewables, but in fully embracing another energy source that emits zero carbon dioxide- nuclear power.

Gregory dismantles the conventional wisdom that renewables such as wind and solar are completely 'green', and debunks myths surrounding nuclear waste and radiation, demonstrating that nuclear power is not only reliable, safe and potent, but the most environmentally responsible way to harvest energy.

Going Nuclear calls for decarbonisation to be the twenty-first century's Apollo programme. By interweaving scientific optimism, myth-busting data, and ambitious policy ideas, Gregory illustrates the boundless potential of the atom beyond just clean energy- from advanced medicine and forensics to atomic gardening and space exploration.

This is a bold case for an alternative, sustainable and prosperous future- a world in which abundant energy is available to all.

By: Tim Gregory
Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 601g
ISBN: 9781847928078
ISBN 10: 1847928072
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 12 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Tim Gregory is a nuclear chemist at the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield, public speaker, broadcaster and author of Meteorite- How Stones from Outer Space Made our World. In 2017, he was a finalist in BBC2's Astronauts- Do You Have What it Takes and has also presented on BBC's The Sky at Night and Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch. He has a PhD from the University of Bristol and lives in the North of England. His website is www.tim-gregory.co.uk.

Reviews for Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World

Energy is necessary for everything we value in life, and the world will need gargantuan amounts of safe and reliable power to eliminate poverty, decarbonise the economy, and feed entirely new demands like artificial intelligence. Going Nuclear shows where this energy will come from—and not as a last resort, but as the enabler of a new chapter in human progress. This is a thrilling book: vividly written, filled with fascinating facts, and inspiring in its vision for the future. -- Steven Pinker * Johnstone Professor, Harvard University, and the author of ENLIGHTENMENT NOW *