Ashley R. Kelly is a doctoral candidate in the interdisciplinary program in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media at NC State. Meagan Kittle Autry is Director of Thesis and Dissertation Support Services at NC State. This essay appeared in the October 2013 issue of Communication Currents and was translated from the scholarly article: Kinsella, W. J., Kelly, A. R., & Kittle Autry, M. (2013). Risk, regulation, and rhetorical boundaries: Claims and challenges surrounding a purported nuclear renaissance.Communication Monographs, 80, 278-301. Communication Monographs and Communication Currents are publications of the National Communication Association.