earlier this year james hansen did a study. he found that nuclear energy over the last 40 years have saved 1.8 million lives by producing zero air pollution energy. he says if we expand it we'll save another 7 million lives. those numbers have to be convincing. >> there's still radiation. >> tell that to the fukushima area, the chernobyl area. tell it to the areas where hundreds of square miles are now uninhabitable. the atomic energy commission in the 1950s, michael said a class 9 accident in the u.s. would contaminate an area, quote, the size of pennsylvania. you don't want an energy source as one bite of the apple. whether a disaster is due to sabotage, earthquake, horrid rend out, human error or design defect, if you have major disaster, it will affect all