The US hasn't ordered new nuclear plants since the accident at the Three Mile Island plant in 1979. But President Bush has emphasized nuclear power and is pushing for construction of nuclear plants by the end of the decade. On February 24, 2006, Ira Flatow talked with Dave Modeen, the Vice President of the Nuclear Division of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Arjun Makhijani, the President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) about the future of nuclear power. You can listen to Modeen and Makhijani talk about some issues central to the nuclear power debate by pressing on the buttons to the right. Hear more>>go to the showWhat are the experts saying about Yucca Mountain?
Modeen: Makhijani:

Why wasn't the US building nuclear plants for so many years ?
Modeen:

Is nuclear energy a solution to global warming?
Makhijani: