Nuclear Power

The 'Nuclear Nightmare' That Was Manufactured by the Media

Despite decades of panic, a new reactor has been approved for the first time in 10 years.

John Stossel | 7.15.2026 2:50 PM

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A few years ago, nuclear power looked doomed.

Plants were shutting down.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won applause bragging about closing a nuclear plant "14 years ahead of schedule."

"Why would they applaud?" asks former nuclear engineer Ray Rothrock in my new video. "They shut down New York's finest source of clean energy."

Rothrock has met with presidents, trying to persuade them to embrace nuclear power, but "nothing was ever addressed."

Until now.

President Donald Trump ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to speed up licensing of new plants.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D–R.I.) called that a "flagrant disregard for nuclear safety."

"Not conducive to nuclear safety," complained Sen. Adam Schiff (D–Calif.).

"That's just a bunch of crap," says Rothrock. "They're afraid of something that they don't need to be........

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