Nuclear power has been debated since its beginnings in the 1950s. Fears of a nuclear accident have been realized at the Chernobyl plant in the former Soviet Union, the nuclear facility in Fukishima, Japan and in the United States at Three Mile Island. More recently, nuclear energy has had a renaissance of sorts as a clean-energy alternative to fossil fuels. The latest season of the podcast Wild Thing, featuring producer and host Laura Krantz, is all about nuclear power.
