Nuclear power embodies all of our hopes and dreams about what energy could be: clean, efficient, and endless. But that vision has been tarnished in the past by terrifying accidents and the threat of proliferating weapons of mass destruction. With global warming looming, the need for new sources of energy is reaching desperate levels. Can a new push for nuclear energy succeed in ushering in our energy future?

Does human civilization need nuclear energy if it's to survive the next century? Michael Reilly chats with nuclear scientist Hae-Yong Jeong to find out.

A raft of revolutionary technologies could put nuclear front and center in the discussion about America's energy future.

Researchers at MIT are developing a whole new way of producing energy from nuclear fusion.
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