Broadcast — Mini-Science - Nuclear power — energy for the future?

This series explores the controversial and vibrant nature of chemicals and the history of their use and development. Learn about:  chemicals in everyday life; nuclear power as a future energy option; brain chemistry and neurochemistry; biofuels and sustainable energy; chemicals, disease and resistance.

Three Mile Island and Chernobyl clouded the future for nuclear power. However now, with concerns about our dependence on foreign sources of energy and the evidence of climate change, the nuclear option is gaining some new respectability.