Modern Nuclear Reactors to Help Combat Global Warming

by Wolfgang Bauer (Michigan State University)

Tuesday 2 Sept 2025, 11:00 → 13:00 US/Eastern

Nuclear power can provide valuable relief from globe-heating fossil fuel combustion, in particular in scenarios where high electricity base load requirements conflict with inherent intermittency of renewable power sources like wind and solar.  We will review some advances in fission reactors and also discuss prospects for commercial nuclear fusion power.