NEI Nuclear Notes

Here at NEI, we try to keep an eye out for any television program or film that involves nuclear energy . As we've written in the past, the results can be something of a mixed bag . That's part of the reason that Pandora's Promise was such a pleasant surprise. After seeing nuclear energy viewed through a lens darkly most of the time, it was something of a shock to the system to see it described with optimism and hope. In Occupied , Norway is all in on thorium reactors. Enter Occupied (or Okkupert for my Norwegian relatives), a political thriller that debuted on European television last Fall and is now available here in the U.S. on Netflix . So what's the plot? Warning, minor spoilers ahead . Sometime in the near future, Norway is struck by a climate-related natural disaster, paving the way for the election of a Green Party government. Once in power, the new prime minister (Henrik Mestad) decides his nation needs to lead by example and stop using fossil fuels...