Is Nuclear Power Necessary? (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

The world leaders have made their speeches and gone home. Their negotiators and technocrats are still in Paris, at the climate summit, trying to turn their bosses’ words into a real deal. But even if this turns out to be a diplomatic triumph, it still only gets the world halfway to the goal of stopping the rise in carbon. The focus is on renewables –wind, solar—and who pays for what. But experts on the sidelines say that’s not enough –you have to go nuclear –a lot of nuclear plants across the planet—to get to where we need to be. This hour, On Point, climate, carbon and nuclear energy. — Jane Clayson
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/12/03/nuclear-energy-nuclear-power-climate-change