Nuclear Atlas
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The thesis · opinion · draft, not yet published

The thesis

The author's longform view on scarcity, proportionality and nuclear energy, kept apart from the data.

Thesis, Fabian Forster's view: everything in the serif italic blocks is the author's opinion. Figures appear only in Data blocks with their source, and the comparison charts come from the energy comparison dataset. Updated 10 Oct 2026.

The thesis

Where capital goes

Levelized cost of electricity, USD/MWh

Rows shown: Lazard, Levelized Cost of Energy+ (LCOE v19.0, LCOS v11.0), July 2026; IEA (2024), Global Hydrogen Review 2024, executive summary; IRENA, Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 (July 2025), summary for policy makers. Dataset read 9 Oct 2026; each row carries its own year, region and definition (hover or open the table). Download these rows as CSV.
From the energy comparison dataset (/compare), headline rows; the chart lists its sources.

What would change my mind