Nuclear Pop! Art contest Redefining Nuclear Energy in Popular Culture

Nuclear energy has been misunderstood and misrepresented in popular culture for decades - from Homer Simpson dozing at control panels to three-eyed fish swimming near plants and eerie green goop threatening communities. Now it's time to "transmute" these dated stereotypes into accurate, positive representations. Move beyond glowing waste and mutant monsters to show nuclear energy's true present and future role in our world.

Selected works will be showcased at the IAEA's International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes in Vienna (May 26-30, 2025), putting your art at the center of a global conversation about nuclear energy's future.

Let nuclear be the hero of the story, as it is in real life! Your creative work can showcase nuclear's impact through any visual medium - digital art, animation, comics, video, or beyond.

First Place: $3,000, Second Place: $2,000, Third Place: $1,000, Ten (10) Finalist Gift Cards: $100 each to the Generation Atomic store