NEI Nuclear Notes

J.T. Rodriguez The following is a guest post by J.T. Rodriguez, a communications intern at NEI. In his recent encyclical about care for "our common home," the earth, Pope Francis had a lot to say. I was curious to see what he had to say. I had no idea if he had said anything on nuclear energy, but as it turns out, he has. While there were many mentions about renewable energy resources in Laudato Si’ , he does also say things about nuclear energy technology. “These comments are not surprising from the first Pope to have studied chemistry, and who worked as a chemist prior to entering the seminary,” wrote Forbes contributor James Conca . “It must also be recognized that nuclear energy, biotechnology, information technology, knowledge of our DNA, and many other abilities which we have acquired, have given us tremendous power,” wrote Pope Francis. It is an interesting comment and not as self-evident as it first appears. Pope Francis says elsewhere that these tech...