here is a very good documentary on nuclear power
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_Promise
china is going balls to the walls on Thorium reactors so hopefully the worlds dependence on fossil fuels is finally beginning to subside.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9784044/China-blazes-trail-for-clean-nuclear-power-from-thorium.html