dc.contributor.author | Meserve, Richard A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-04-01T20:09:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-04-01T20:09:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-03-17 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vanderbilt University podcast episode. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/441 | |
dc.description | Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Dr. Richard A. Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, gave the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at Vanderbilt March 13 on the 'nuclear renaissance in the U.S.'"
Twenty percent of our energy currently comes from nuclear energy, but demand for electricity is projected to increase 50% by 2025. Climate change and energy security will be drivers for increased nuclear power.
Barriers to building new plants are financial and legal, however there are tax incentives in current legislation. | en |
dc.format.extent | 48:27 | en |
dc.format.extent | 46516827 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | audio/x-mpeg | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt News Service | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Podcast | en |
dc.subject | John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture | en |
dc.subject | Meserve, Richard A. | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Vanderbilt University | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Nuclear energy | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Nuclear industry | en |
dc.title | Lecture: "The nuclear renaissance in the United States" | en |
dc.type | Recording, oral | en |