Peter A. Bradford

Vice chair of the Board of Union of Concerned Scientists, Bradford advises on utility regulation, restructuring, nuclear power, and energy policy in the United States and abroad, including in China, Russia, and South Africa. From 1977 to 1982, he served on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), during which time the NRC upgraded its regulatory and enforcement processes in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident. Afterward, he helped advise the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on how best to replace the remaining Chernobyl nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

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Articles by Peter A. Bradford

1 March 2013
Special issue: US nuclear exit?

How to close the US nuclear industry: Do nothing

Peter A. Bradford
1 November 2009
Feature

The Nuclear Renaissance Meets Economic Reality

Peter A. Bradford
As plans for new U.S. nuclear power plants encounter problems, their proponents seek to shift ever more economic risk to taxpayers who are already staggering under the weight of other federal bailouts.
Agree to Disagree
1 August 2007

Follow the money

Peter A. Bradford

In the months since this exchange began, one episode after another has established that the
nuclear power surge emerging from Washington is not the benign version that its more idealistic
proponents envision. These episodes include: President George W. Bush hauling the Nuclear

Agree to Disagree
13 June 2007

Prioritize all options first

Peter A. Bradford

Stephen Berry confronts Amory Lovins with rebuttals more applicable to new nuclear power plants
than to Lovins's alternatives. Consider the statement, "We can't afford to bet on only one roulette

Agree to Disagree
23 March 2007

Nuclear is not an essential solution

Peter A. Bradford

A sensible approach to climate change would put a significant price on fuels according to their
carbon content. It would offer nondiscriminatory, governmental support to technologies according to