Dennis A. Minott | The June 5 blackout and Jamaica’s nuclear mirage
June 21, 2026
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The electrical grid, let alone a nuclear power plant, does not respond to speeches. It responds to engineering, operational discipline, competent technicians, and systems that perform reliably around the clock.
That is why Jamaica’s island-wide blackout of June 5 should not be dismissed as a temporary inconvenience. It was a diagnostic event that exposed important truths about the present condition of the electricity system and cast a harsh light on renewed enthusiasm for introducing nuclear power, particularly Small Modular Reactors, into Jamaica’s energy mix.
Far from strengthening the case for nuclear energy, the blackout demonstrated why Jamaica must proceed with extreme caution.
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