> As the certainty of climate change grew clearer, nuclear power presented a dilemma for environmentalists: Was the risk of accidents or further spread of nuclear weapons greater than the hazard of climate change?<p>That nuclear weapons are spread by nuclear power is false. The type of nuclear plant that is optimized for producing power does not produce the right kind of products for nuclear weapons. These are produced in reactors more optimized for that task. Second, there are 31 countries operating nuclear power plants, but only 9 countries that have decided to develop nuclear weapons.<p>> In 2016, observing these trends, I launched a company devoted to building offshore wind turbines.<p>There were a lot of assertions in this article, but very little meat to back them up. I'd have liked much more detail on how he thinks alternative energy sources will economically meet all electricity needs globally, and more safely over the full life cycle.
His Wikipedia page has some very interesting context. The "Policy positions" and "Management style and resignation" sections are very interesting.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Jaczko" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Jaczko</a>