He spoke with assistant foreign editor Tom Carter on nuclear energy as an answer to global warming. To the average person, the idea of using nuclear power is scary.
Nuclear power has a bad reputation.
I grew up on a farm in Missouri and saw what electricity does for the farming lifestyle and for people's lifestyle in general. I'm a real fan of electricity. If you believe that, then you ask how one should get that electrical energy supply. I picked going into the nuclear profession because I believe it has a very strong role to play in providing what people need in a very safe and environmentally sound way. I think we'll need all of those.