The Misplaced Menace of Nuclear Power

We need more nuclear power. We can’t abandon fossil fuels without it.

Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, Raleigh. Courtesy: Tripadvisor

Two stories in the past week illustrate the critical debate playing out over the world on the question of renewable energy. On March 6, another dire climate change report was issued by the United Nations predicting an existential threat to much of humanity if nations do not immediately reduce their carbon emissions. Two days…