It’s the environmentalist’s third rail question: “Should we promote nuclear power as an expedient way to reduce CO2 emissions?” On the one hand, nuclear power generates electricity with almost negligible CO2 emissions — potentially a good way for our society to reverse the current global warming trends. On the other hand, nuclear power is…well…nuclear. Problems related to waste disposal, proliferation and high costs have not been solved, and we still have the occasional disaster.
