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Esteemed Harvard Professor Delivers Critically Important Talk on Nuclear Energy

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

Here’s another post on Joseph Lassiter (pictured) and his high-level treatment of nuclear power as a necessary ingredient in dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, and thus climate change. Dr. Lassiter is Senior Fellow, Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice …

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Can We Combat Climate Change Without Nuclear Power?

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

craigshields Posted in Nuclear

A colleague in Oklahoma writes: Thought you might find this Ted Talk on nuclear power interesting. It’s introduced as follows: Joe Lassiter is a deep thinker and straight talker focused on developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost …

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