Des Moines Register: Almost 30 years after James Hansen, NASA's chief atmospheric scientist, warned Congress that the burning of fossil fuels leads to global warming, the evidence still points to one conclusion: Increasing the use of zero-carbon nuclear power must be part of the solution.
Hansen, along with other prominent climatologists, sees great value in using nuclear power to reduce carbon emissions.
Nuclear power, in one or more advanced designs, holds promise for the generation of abundant, clean and affordable...