Grace Stanke
Grace Stanke, as the reigning Miss America, has literally changed the face of nuclear power. As a 21-year old nuclear engineering student, she is much more than a pretty face,
Category: Women in Nuclear
Pronuclear Advocates & Allies
Pronuclear advocacy has been growing rapidly. Today, many more groups are working worldwide to save existing nuclear, reform clean energy policies that exclude nuclear and educate the public about the
Eunice Newton Foote
Eunice Newton Foote, a descendant of Sir Isaac Newton through her father, is believed to be the first scientist to study and conclude that rising carbon dioxide gas levels could
Clarice Phelps
Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone) is an American nuclear chemist researching the processing of radioactive transuranic elements at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She was
Katharine Way
American physicist Katharine Way (1902-1995) is best known for establishing the Nuclear Data Project, an effort to organize and share nuclear data. She was also one of Manhattan Project’s leading
Tatjana Jevremovic
[Note: this bio being included in our “Women in Nuclear” series, was adapted from a bio that first appeared on the IEAE’s website: “Not Your Typical Nuclear Engineer: Blazing a
Nucleation Capital presents at TEA’s 11th Future of Energy Conference
The Thorium Energy Alliance (TEA) is a 501(c)3 Educational advocacy organization composed of engineers, scientists, and concerned citizens interested in reducing the cost of energy, increasing the availability of critical
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Deep Isolation stepping up to help nuclear solve “waste”
Deep Isolation provides a very promising approach to handling nuclear waste globally, which, in itself, serves to enable the expansion of nuclear energy as a means of addressing climate change.
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Celebrating A Nuclear Win and the Village that Created It
Diablo Canyon has been saved—for now! Rather than allowing this clean energy producing power plant to be wastefully decommissioned by those who simply dislike nuclear power, the California legislature, under
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Manhattan Project Women
The Atomic Heritage Foundation has posted a page entitled “Women and the Bomb” in partnership with the National Museum of Nuclear Science & HIstory. This page provides a bit of