Nuclear Energy Industry Professionals Have a Confidence Problem

"Nuclear engineers work day to day with the most powerful and effective low-carbon energy technology ever in it," he says. "That gap between what the world says about them and what they know to be true is almost too much to get over for a lot of them" The nuclear industry gets scared of its own shadow, reflecting those fears back, writes Peter Bergen. 'It's part of our emotionally driven nature to be aware of novel threats'