Top enviro - scientists call on world leaders to embrace nuclear power . By releasing the letter , the scientists are `` putting their reputations on the line to do something that the ultra-greens regard as treason , '' said Stanford University Nobel-winning physicist Burton Richter . Only we can make enough clean energy to slow climate change , they say . Nuclear energy is too expensive and risky , says Natural Resources Defense Council . Scientist : Al Gore supports safer , better nuclear power , ` ` but he wo n't come out and say that ''
Top enviro - scientists call on world leaders to embrace nuclear power . Only we can make enough clean energy to slow climate change , they say . Nuclear energy is too expensive and risky , says Natural Resources Defense Council . Scientist : Al Gore supports safer , better nuclear power , ` ` but he wo n't come out and say that ''