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Photo credits & licenses

Every photo on this site is free to use with attribution. This page is the full record: who took each photo, under what license, and where to find the original file. The licenses require attribution with a link — that's what the amber badges are for.

The six reactor blocks of Gravelines, France.s largest nuclear plant, seen from the sea

Gravelines nuclear power plant

hero / climate

The six reactor blocks of Gravelines, France.s largest nuclear plant, seen from the sea

Ralf Bächle (2010)

CC BY-SA 3.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

Doel nuclear plant (Belgium) with its iconic cooling tower

Doel Nuclear power plant and cooling tower

density / hero alt

Doel nuclear plant (Belgium) with its iconic cooling tower

Sally V (2016)

CC BY-SA 4.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

Diablo Canyon Power Plant on the California coast

Diablo canyon nuclear power plant

safety / coastline

Diablo Canyon Power Plant on the California coast

marya / emdot via Flickr (2005)

CC BY 2.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

UO₂ fuel pellets for commercial reactors (photo courtesy of Areva, published by the U.S. NRC)

Nuclear Fuel Pellets (14492225000)

density

UO₂ fuel pellets for commercial reactors (photo courtesy of Areva, published by the U.S. NRC)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission / Areva (2014)

CC BY 2.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

A fuel pellet held in a hand next to a fuel rod (Yucca Mountain Project, DOE)

Nuclear fuel pellets

density, "1 pellet = 1 tonne of coal"

A fuel pellet held in a hand next to a fuel rod (Yucca Mountain Project, DOE)

U.S. Department of Energy

Public domain View on Wikimedia Commons

The control room of a U.S. nuclear power plant

Chp controlroom

reliability

The control room of a U.S. nuclear power plant

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (via MIT OCW)

Public domain View on Wikimedia Commons

Cooling towers of the Cofrentes plant (Spain)

Cofrentes nuclear power plant cooling towers

reliability / scale

Cooling towers of the Cofrentes plant (Spain)

Roberto Uderio (2005)

CC BY-SA 3.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

Solar Panels

density comparison

Solar panels in Spain — the land-hunger contrast to #1/#2

Fernando Tomás via Flickr (2005)

CC BY 2.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

Offshore wind turbines at Barrow Wind Farm, Irish Sea — a **featured picture** on Commons

Barrow Offshore wind turbines NR

climate / reliability comparison

Offshore wind turbines at Barrow Wind Farm, Irish Sea — a **featured picture** on Commons

Muhammad Mahdi Karim (2013; derived from a photo by Andy Dingley)

CC BY-SA 3.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

Three Mile Island station after the 1979 partial meltdown (US DOE photo)

Three Mile Island (color)-2

honest section / accidents

Three Mile Island station after the 1979 partial meltdown (US DOE photo)

U.S. Department of Energy (1979)

Public domain View on Wikimedia Commons

Bataan Nuclear Powerplant

Philippines share image

The mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Morong, Bataan (photo taken 2011)

Jiru27 (2011)

CC BY-SA 3.0 View on Wikimedia Commons

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Image credits & licenses — Why Nuclear

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1. Gravelines nuclear power plant.jpg — hero / climate

Subject: The six reactor blocks of Gravelines, France.s largest nuclear plant, seen from the sea
Resolution: 2763 × 2072
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gravelines_nuclear_power_plant.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gravelines_nuclear_power_plant.jpg
Local: gravelines.jpg
Author: Ralf Bächle (2010)
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Photo: Ralf Bächle, CC BY-SA 3.0

2. Doel Nuclear power plant and cooling tower.jpg — density / hero alt

Subject: Doel nuclear plant (Belgium) with its iconic cooling tower
Resolution: 5427 × 3618 (the highest-res image in this list — great for a hero)
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doel_Nuclear_power_plant_and_cooling_tower.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doel_Nuclear_power_plant_and_cooling_tower.jpg
Local: doel.jpg
Author: Sally V (2016)
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Photo: Sally V, CC BY-SA 4.0

3. Diablo canyon nuclear power plant.jpg — safety / coastline

Subject: Diablo Canyon Power Plant on the California coast
Resolution: 1728 × 1360
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diablo_canyon_nuclear_power_plant.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diablo_canyon_nuclear_power_plant.jpg
Local: diablo.jpg
Author: marya / emdot via Flickr (2005)
License: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Photo: marya (emdot), CC BY 2.0

4. Nuclear Fuel Pellets (14492225000).jpg — density

Subject: UO₂ fuel pellets for commercial reactors (photo courtesy of Areva, published by the U.S. NRC)
Resolution: 3314 × 2160
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuclear_Fuel_Pellets_(14492225000).jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nuclear_Fuel_Pellets_(14492225000).jpg
Local: pellets.jpg
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission / Areva (2014)
License: CC BY 2.0 (also public domain as a U.S. federal work)
Credit line: Photo: U.S. NRC / Areva, CC BY 2.0

5. Nuclear fuel pellets.jpeg — density, "1 pellet = 1 tonne of coal"

Subject: A fuel pellet held in a hand next to a fuel rod (Yucca Mountain Project, DOE)
Resolution: 250 × 231 — small; fine for a narrow figure, not a full-width image
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuclear_fuel_pellets.jpeg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nuclear_fuel_pellets.jpeg
Local: pellet-hand.jpg
Author: U.S. Department of Energy
License: Public domain (PD-USGov-DOE)
Credit line: Photo: U.S. DOE (public domain)

6. Chp controlroom.jpg — reliability

Subject: The control room of a U.S. nuclear power plant
Resolution: 420 × 289 — small; use at ≤400 px wide
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chp_controlroom.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chp_controlroom.jpg
Local: control-room.jpg
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (via MIT OCW)
License: Public domain (PD-USGov-NRC)
Credit line: Photo: U.S. NRC (public domain)

7. Cofrentes nuclear power plant cooling towers.jpg — reliability / scale

Subject: Cooling towers of the Cofrentes plant (Spain)
Resolution: 1236 × 890
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cofrentes_nuclear_power_plant_cooling_towers.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cofrentes_nuclear_power_plant_cooling_towers.jpg
Local: cofrentes.jpg
Author: Roberto Uderio (2005)
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (dual-licensed GFDL)
Credit line: Photo: Roberto Uderio, CC BY-SA 3.0

8. Solar Panels.jpg — density comparison

Subject: Solar panels in Spain — the land-hunger contrast to #1/#2
Resolution: 1280 × 960
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Panels.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Solar_Panels.jpg
Local: solar.jpg
Author: Fernando Tomás via Flickr (2005)
License: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Photo: Fernando Tomás, CC BY 2.0

9. Barrow Offshore wind turbines NR.jpg — climate / reliability comparison

Subject: Offshore wind turbines at Barrow Wind Farm, Irish Sea — a featured picture on Commons
Resolution: 3206 × 2365
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrow_Offshore_wind_turbines_NR.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barrow_Offshore_wind_turbines_NR.jpg
Local: wind.jpg
Author: Muhammad Mahdi Karim (2013; derived from a photo by Andy Dingley)
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, CC BY-SA 3.0

10. Three Mile Island (color)-2.jpg — honest section / accidents

Subject: Three Mile Island station after the 1979 partial meltdown (US DOE photo)
Resolution: 678 × 532
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Mile_Island_(color)-2.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Three_Mile_Island_(color)-2.jpg
Local: tmi.jpg
Author: U.S. Department of Energy (1979)
License: Public domain (PD-USGov-DOE)
Credit line: Photo: U.S. DOE (public domain)

11. Bataan Nuclear Powerplant.jpg — Philippines share image

Subject: The mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Morong, Bataan (photo taken 2011)
Resolution: 960 × 720
File page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bataan_Nuclear_Powerplant.jpg
Direct: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bataan_Nuclear_Powerplant.jpg
Local: bataan.jpg
Author: Jiru27 (2011)
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (also GFDL 1.2+)
Credit line: Photo: Jiru27, CC BY-SA 3.0 (used in the Philippines page's share image)

Suggested pairing with site sections

Site section	Image(s)
Hero	Gravelines (#1) or Doel (#2) — both wide and high-res
Climate	Barrow Offshore wind (#9) beside the emissions chart
Density	Fuel pellets (#4), pellet-in-hand (#5), Solar Panels (#8)
Reliability	Control room (#6), Cofrentes cooling towers (#7)
Safety (future)	Diablo Canyon coastline (#3)
Honest section (future)	Three Mile Island (#10)
Philippines page	Bataan Nuclear Powerplant (#11) as the share-image background

Caveats: #5 and #6 are low-resolution — use them small, or skip them for a hero-grade build. All license links were verified against the Commons file pages on 2026-08-17.