Nuclear Energy: “Not A Science Problem; It’s A Policy Problem”

The Miss America competition, no longer referred to as a “pageant,” (and certainly not a “bathing suit revue,” as the first competition was christened in 1921), provides the winner with a global platform from which to spread a message she’s passionate about. The current titleholder, Grace Stanke, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in nuclear engineering, representing her home state as Miss Wisconsin and crowned Miss America 2023, has spent the past year advocating for greater use of nuclear energy (“Clean Energy – Cleaner Future”) and inspiring the next generation of female scientists, engineers and mathematicians, so they are not hidden figures.

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