
I HAVE WORKED ON THIS PIECE OF SCI-FI FICTION SINCE THE 2010 BRITISH PETROLEUM RIG EXPLOSION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. POLITICIANS AND OUR PRESIDENT AT THE TIME STARTED TO TOUT NUCLEAR PLANTS AS BEING THE SAFEST BET FOR ENERGY. THEN IN 2011, THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR DISASTER HAPPENED AND THE POLITICIANS AND THEIR INVESTORS GREW QUIET AGAIN. MY FICTIONAL PIECE HAS THEM GOING FORWARD AGAIN. Photograph by Jean Schugart-Schild.