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R. Stephen Berry

Professor Emeritus
The University of Chicago

Areas of Expertise:

Electric Vehicles, Energy Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Environmental Policy, Nuclear, Transportation

Additional Areas of Expertise:

Physical chemistry, thermodynamics

Recent Comments by R. Stephen Berry

  • "Nuclear is by far the safest of all the major sources of elecricity, the three accidents notwithstanding. If we were to derive a major fraction of ou"
    Nuclear Power Safety Risks
  • "I am not at all surprised that you, Ernest, are a supporter of nuclear power. However one of the descriptions of Green New Deal that I read, perhaps a"
    A Framework for The Green Real Deal
  • "The Green New Deal proposal as I read it rejects nuclear power. On that basis, I cannot support Green New Deal. Data are unambiguous, showing that o"
    A Framework for The Green Real Deal
  • "The data are clear and unambiguous.  Nuclear power is by far the safest of all the major sources of electricity, far safer, for example, than hydro, w"
    Nuclear Power Safety Risks
  • "There is a very wide misconception about the potential dangers of nuclear power. The data make it absolutely clear that nuclear is by far the safest, "
    Nuclear Power Safety Risks
  • "While issues such as siting and waste disposal must be addressed at the planning and construction stages as well as during operation, it is a mistake "
    Replacing California Nuclear with Renewables
  • "One well-established fact regarding nuclear power needs to be much more widely recognized. That is the inherent safety of nuclear power.  Of all the m"
    Coordinating State and Federal Policy in Support of Nuclear Energy
  • "The capital cost of a nuclear plant jumped up in the mid-2000's. The causes of that jump seem obscure, but must be identified and means must be found "
    The Nuclear Investment Vacuum
  • "We have never done anything to internalize the currently-externalized costs of coal, apart from creating the EPA and passing laws for cleaner air. The"
    Can We Find a Future for Coal?
  • "A very important issue: reviving nuclear power, including the financing of Gen III reactors, the introduction of small reactors, the disposal of nucle"
    What Should Our Policymakers Focus On?