Dr. Burns is a nuclear engineer with more than five decades of experience focused on enhancing the safety and performance of commercial nuclear power. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with BS, MS, and PhD degrees in nuclear engineering, he began his career designing naval reactors for the U.S. Navy under Admiral Rickover. He later became a leading consultant in risk-informed safety practices, serving as principal investigator of the first commercial Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) at the Limerick Generating Station.Dr. Burns helped reshape emergency procedures for the BWR Owner's Group, integrating insights from severe accident analyses to guide operator actions. His work also contributed to the development of PRA review criteria later adopted by ASME and used across the U.S. nuclear industry. Internationally, he has reviewed reactor safety in Europe and Japan, supported PRA advancements through EPRI, and consulted for major utilities such as Exelon, First Energy, and Yankee Atomic.In this book, Dr. Burns applies his technical and policy experience to assess nuclear energy's potential role in mitigating climate change and supporting a resilient global energy future.