No Need To Rush And Condemn Nuclear Energy

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) discusses nuclear power in light of the tragic earthquake in Japan and subsequent nuclear threat. (0:47)

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$8 Billion Loan Guarantee For Nuclear Power Hopefully The First Of Many, Says White House Official

Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner says that she is hopeful that the $8 billion loan guarantee announced Tuesday to help construct a nuclear power plant is the first of many. (0:19)
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Hostile regimes cause current nuclear issues

Jack Spencer, Research fellow in the Thomas Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, says that currently our nonproliferation regime possesses adequate resources to deal with current international nuclear issues. However, he says that the problem lies in hostile regimes that are desperate to gain nuclear technology (:36).
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America, the protection Japan needs

Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the global environment hearing Chairman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-Amer. Samoa) asks if Japan could become a nuclear power. Alexander A. Arvizu, deputy assistant Secretary of State, says that Japan feels secure in its alliance with the U.S. (0:51)
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