Could Nuclear Waste Be a Sustainable Solution to Our Energy Needs?

Our dependence on fossil fuels is quite literally reaching a boiling point. If you stepped outside at all this summer (hello,

extreme weather worldwide), you know what we’re talking about.

While the likes of

electric vehicles and

solar power are among essential alternatives, a wholesale, readily available solution to our carbon dependence can sometimes feel like fiction. But, according to experts, the answer exists—though it’s often vilified. Cue nuclear waste.

Our ongoing conversation about

nuclear energy got a boost when Madi Hilly, founder of the

Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, took to

Twitter to dispel some myths about nuclear waste. Rather than a problem, Hilly considers the nuclear option the best solution we have to meet our energy needs while also protecting the environment.

In a recent episode of

Good Together, Brightly’s CEO and founder Laura Wittig had a conversation with her husband, Eric Wittig, a former nuclear submarine engineer, to discuss common misconceptions around nuclear waste—and its potential to help power our planet.