How do we scale clean grids, while still maintaining enough reliable generation capacity to back up solar and wind? One approach gaining traction is nuclear power. This panel explored the challenges of scaling next-generation energy grids, the role nuclear power can play, and the issues it has.

Moderator:

1. Francesca Giovannini, Executive Director for the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs; Adjunct Assistant Professor for International Security at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

Panelists:

1. Jacopo Buongiorno, Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

2. Luisa Chiesa, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University

3. Harmail Basi, Managing Partner of Gomahar Enterprises Inc. (GEI)