NEED TO KNOW | The nuclear option | PBS
Duration: 09:11
Program:
Need to Know #207
Broadcast Date: Oct. 29, 2011
Despite Japan's recent Fukushima disaster, now is not the time for America to give up on nuclear energy, says MIT Professor Richard K. Lester. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at video.pbs.org
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Germany recently announced plans to completely phase out nuclear energy from the country. We look at the anti-nuclear... 07:28
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Damon Moglen says nuclear power will not solve our problems. 05:44
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