Mark Nelson grew up wanting to be an astronaut and started studying aerospace engineering at Oklahoma State University. He discovered nuclear energy, switched to that for graduate studies; tried to get a job in the nuclear industry during a very bad downturn. Went over to California to work for a sequence of environmental nonprofits focused on keeping nuclear in the conversation. Then spent four years trying to keep nuclear plants for being shut down around the world.

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