Congress Walking Cautious Line On Japan Nuclear Crisis, Says Expert

Michael A. Levi, Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, says members of Congress aren’t likely for push for any rapid or sweeping reforms to US nuclear policy despite the ongoing situation in Japan. 

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Japan Crisis Unlikely To Influence US Nuclear Energy Policy, Says Expert

Michael A. Levi,  Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment at the Council On Foreign Relations, doubts the Fukushima reactor crisis will force the Obama administration to drastically reconsider its position on nuclear power.

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Energy Expert: You Can't Reduce Deficit And Expand Nuclear Power

Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress, says that it is amusing that those who claim they want to expand nuclear energy also want to reduce the federal deficit. Weiss explains that this is contradictory. (0:22)

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Most Brazilians "Horrified" Over Growing Alliance Between Lula And Ahmadinejad

International attorney Robert Amsterdam says that most Brazilians he spoke with during his recent visit to that country expressed outrage over the fact that their President, Luiz Lula, has embraced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a nuclear energy trading partner. Ahmadinejad will visit Brazil next month. Lula is expected to visit Iran sometime thereafter. (:26)
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Sen. Alexander: Obama Should Promote Nuclear Energy

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says that the United States needs leadership from the President in order to promote nuclear energy (0:30).
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Expert explains obstacles the U.S. faces with nuclear energy

Sharon Squassoni, a senior associate in the Nonproliferation Program, explains the conflicts of replacing oil dependency with nuclear energy.
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Secretary of State Rice Discusses U.S. - Russian Nuclear Energy Negotiations Relating to Iran at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing

Dr. Rice talks about the possibility for Russia to supply reactor fuel to Iran as a solution to concerns about that country's indigenous enrichment practices. (0:45)
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