Of the many proposed solutions to the problem of dealing with climate change, increasing the use of nuclear power is being considered for many reasons. The productions of electricity by the radioactivity decay of uranium produces no greenhouse gases so does not affect the climate. In the United States we have successfully used this process in approximately 100 reactors spanning fifty years. There is a considerable amount of uranium in the United States and several other countries. However, there are reasonable concerns about the safety of this technology, and, quite importantly, at present we have no high-level nuclear waste storage facility in our country. This course will consider the history of nuclear power, review the major nuclear accidents, and summarize newer systems designed to utilize this valuable resource at a time when we desperately need non-fossil fuel sources of energy. This will include studying a Bill Gates funded unit now under constructions and plans for related unites for which Google has invested for some of their power.