Shop Talk: Nuclear energy’s resurgent prospects in the age of climate change

Nuclear energy has long been a feared and decried power source in many circles, but with climate change threatening the planet in ways nuclear plants never have, a chorus of former naysayers are now pointing to nuclear energy as an essential technology for decarbonizing earth’s atmosphere. To discuss the industry’s outlook, nuclear energy expert John Kotek, an executive with the Nuclear Energy Institute and a former official with the U.S. Department of Energy, joins us. (09/2018)