From Fear to Understanding: Oliver Stone’s Nuclear Now Explores Nuclear Energy and the Climate Crisis

Saygin Celen
11 min readJun 1, 2023

In a world grappling with the ever-pressing climate crisis, acclaimed filmmaker Oliver Stone embarks on a thought-provoking documentary journey that challenges prevailing narratives surrounding nuclear energy.

Introducing “Nuclear Now,” Stone’s compelling exploration takes viewers across continents and delves deep into the heart of the United States, Russia, and France, where the captivating tale of nuclear power unfolds.

Nuclear Fission as the Solution to Carbon 0 by 2050

As our planet faces an urgent need for sustainable energy solutions, Stone unearths the complex web of opposition that has grown in tandem with misconceptions, fiction, and media portrayals surrounding nuclear energy.

As the Paris Agreement was signed, it was seen as a huge success since 195 countries signed focusing on one goal, cutting carbon emissions by half by the year 2030, and taking it down to 0 by 2050.

And yet, we are nowhere near, the 3 biggest emitters, USA, China and India, which are…

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Saygin Celen
Saygin Celen

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