MIT nuclear engineer will buy you drinks if you don't challenge his report

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The IFR (Integral Fast Reactor), which is safer and produces far less waste than traditional light water reactors. More

"Earlier this year, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) released a study entitled 'The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.' The key recommendations of that study have been called into question by a group of prominent nuclear and climate change experts who challenged MIT to defend their study in a debate at a place and time of MIT's choosing. MIT's response was effectively, 'How about we talk about something else instead?'*. I agree with the challengers. The recommendations in the MIT study are not only wrong, but they endanger the future of our planet.

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I believe MIT must know this, which is why they refused to accept the challenge to debate from such a well-qualified group of experts. The experts challenging the MIT study include:

Congressman John Garamendi: former Lt. Governor of California and the most knowledgeable member of Congress on the nuclear fuel cycle
Dr. James Hansen: arguably one of the most brilliant climate scientists in the world
Dr. Yoon Chang: Distinguished Fellow at Argonne National Laboratories who headed up advanced nuclear development for over a decade
Professor Barry Brook: a highly respected climate scientist who is also an expert on fast spectrum nuclear reactors
Ray Hunter: former Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) who was involved in civilian nuclear power at DOE for nearly 3 decades"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-kirsch/is-mit-afraid-to-debate-n_b_908285.html

*Ernie Moniz, one of the leaders of the MIT Energy Initiative, when confronted in person on the topic, has often deflected conversation by saying, “Well, I think it is time for drinks at the bar. I’m buying.”

http://atomicinsights.com/2011/07/fast-reactor-advocates-throw-down-gauntlet-to-mit-authors.html