Is Nuclear Power Worth the Environmental Cost?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/13/More_Nuclear_Energy_Why_America_Needs_it_Now

Admiral Frank "Skip" Bowman, President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, argues that nuclear waste management is a less severe problem than many believe.

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Frank 'Skip' Bowman discusses "More Nuclear Energy: Why America Needs it Now."

The volatility of natural gas prices and the potential for restrictions on coal-fueled power plants have combined to generate greater demand for nuclear power. Nuclear energy expert Bowman will speak frankly on the triumphs and challenges involved in securing a future for nuclear power in the United States. - The Commonwealth Club of California

Admiral Frank L. "Skip" Bowman is a native of Chattanooga, Tenn. He was commissioned following graduation in 1966 from Duke University. In 1973 he completed a dual master's program in nuclear engineering and naval architecture/marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was elected to the Society of Sigma Xi. Adm. Bowman has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Duke University. Admiral Bowman serves on two visiting committees at MIT (Ocean Engineering and Nuclear Engineering), the Engineering Board of Visitors at Duke University, and the Nuclear Engineering Department Advisory Committee at the University of Tennessee.

Ashore, Adm. Bowman has served on the staff of Commander, Submarine Squadron Fifteen, in Guam; twice in the Bureau of Naval Personnel in the Submarine Policy and Assignment Division; as the SSN 21 Attack Submarine Program Coordinator on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; on the Chief of Naval Operations' Strategic Studies Group; and as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Naval Warfare). In December 1991, he was promoted to flag rank and assigned as Deputy Director of Operations on the Joint Staff (J-3) until June 1992, and then as Director for Political-Military Affairs (J-5) until July 1994. Adm. Bowman served as Chief of Naval Personnel from July 1994 to September 1996.
Admiral Bowman assumed duties as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, on 27 September 1996, and was promoted to his present rank on 1 October 1996. In this position, he was also Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. Admiral Bowman retired from the Naval Service in November 2005.

Admiral Bowman is currently president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), positions he has held since February 2005. NEI is the policy organization for the country's commercial nuclear power industry, and its mission includes interaction with Congress and the Executive Branch, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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[gunnargerhardt]

@TheFluffyDuck

Well Fluffy, If we all would be living a Hippie lifestyle since, meaning a more environmental conscious one, using less energy, producing and consuming less unnecessary products and waste, eating less meat, watching less TV and leaving our car in the garage once in a while we would have less of the problems we have to face today, including Global Warming. It's hard to imagine for the typical US american who has learned that man has to dominate nature instead of being part of it.

[TheFluffyDuck]

I wonder how more along the road we would be to solving global warming if the hippies in the 70's didnt sway public opinion against nuclear power?

How ironic, hippies have contributed towards global warming.

[AdmiralBatman]

To all the people that keep referencing Chenobyl. The reason that happened is because someone made a mistake and wasnt forthright with it. In the navy we use nuclear reactors on SUBMARINES, hundreds of miles from land underwater and silently. I feel like using them on land without so much worry. Safety and Integrity hooyah

[shinokiba]

Yes

[coolducky22]

so what if our children/ grand children will never see a polar bear, i never got to see a dinosaur but im not crying about it.

[gunnargerhardt]

@Esoparagon

If you try to dominate nature I wish you good luck holding on to your pee :D

[Esoparagon]

@gunnargerhardt Nature sucks. Dominating it rules!

[tpotstout]

There real reason commercial nuclear power does not work for the US is because Henry Ford never made reactors. Every commercial reactor in the US is a singular stand alone design. Development of a standard reactor design might streamline the permit path. It would also allow for the sharing of personnel, parts, tech manuals, training, and response teams. Reducing cost and maximizing safety. Perhaps allowing the Oil industry to own our nuclear industry is a problem. Tav Pierce Nuc MM SSN 705

[SteveAstronaut]

My issue with nuclear power is that I simply don't trust private companies not to give us another Chernobyl or Fukushima. I look at the likes of Shell and the Deepwater oil spill and I see human error undermining all the safeguards. And I've yet to hear of a city being evacuated because of an accident at a wind farm...

[Rodrig0med]

2lbs*6billion people = 12billion pounds of Radio active liquid now what? well cancer at its best!

[Blahb27]

@mphello How are you going to solve the problem of the entire world's population developing a lack of nutrients? Meat is the only possible source of enough ferrum to sustain a human being, for one example.

Besides, you can't eat grass. Cows can eat grass, after which you eat the cows.

Ever been on a farm? Sorry, stupid question, veganazis don't visit farms. Anyway, if you had, you'd find animals that are happy to just hang about eating things. What's wrong with offering animals a happy life?