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If the climate change summit in Copenhagen is to succeed, China India and developing countries must believe that America means what it says about cutting its own carbon emissions. How realistic is the possibility that the US can switch a chunk of its power generation from coal to nuclear power?

The nuclear power industry claims its emissions are low. And there may be a growing head of steam in the US Congress to back the building of up to a hundred new reactors, despite the usual concerns over safety, environmental damage and runaway costs. Steven Chu, the US energy secretary, has said that nuclear power will be a very important factor in getting to a low carbon future. And he argues that America wants to recapture the lead on industrial nuclear power.

But the industry has not had a single new order for a domestic reactor in the last thirty years. We hear an investigation by the 麻豆约拍's Julian O'Halloran.

Plus we talk to former Federal Reserve governor, Susan Phillips about the performance of Fed chief Ben Bernanke.