Think Out Loud

Following last month’s announcement of a new construction project by NuScale, an Oregon company focused on modular nuclear reactors, we talked to an energy consultant Scott Montgomery about the NuScale technology — and the perils and promise of nuclear power in the context of climate change. We get another perspective, including the history of the region’s experience with nuclear energy from University of Oregon emeritus history professor Daniel Pope, and author of “Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System.”