Nuclear Matinee – James Hansen on Nuclear Power
James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, earlier this year co-authored a study that conservatively estimated that nuclear power has saved 1.8 million lives since 1971 that otherwise would have been lost due to fossil fuel pollution and associated causes. For more information, see this post at Scientific American blogs-and this previous ANS nuclear matinée.
Hansen's specialty is climate change, and he is the leading climate change scientist in the United States. Filmmaker Robert Stone, director of the recent groundbreaking nuclear energy documentary Pandora's Promise, conducted this fascinating interview with Hansen concerning his very strong views on the future of nuclear power in that context.
Thanks to Pandora's Promise for sharing this interview
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