James Hansen keen on next-generation nuclear power

The Australian reports James Hansen, a high-profile climate scientist suggests the urgency of undertaking the next generation nuclear power.

“We should undertake urgent focused research and development programs in next generation nuclear power,” said atmospheric physicist James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York.

While renewable energies such as solar and wind were gaining in economic competition with coal-fired plants, Professor Hansen said they wouldn’t be able to provide baseload power for years to come.

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