Dr Ned Franklin argues that: The benefits of nuclear power outweigh the dangers

The only answer to the energy crisis would seem to be fission power - splitting the atom. But some experts are alarmed by the dangers that go with nuclear power. They include accidents in reactors which could devastate huge areas; the diversion into sinister hands of plutonium - the stuff bombs are made of; waste-products from reactors which remain deadly for 24,000 years.

Dr Franklin, Chief Executive of British Nuclear Fuels Limited, believes the benefits outweigh the dangers. He argues his case in the Theatre of the Royal Institution, London, with:
Ronald Brown, MP
Daniel F. Ford, Union of Concerned Scientists, Boston, USA
Ian Smart, Dep. Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Chairman Prof Sir George Porter