'The Nuclear Option' on CNBC tonight at 9

CNBC is presenting a special feature this evening (9 p.m.) titled "The Nuclear Option," examining the debate over the role nuclear power could play in making the country more energy independent, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

"Currently the country gets 20 percent of its electricity from nuclear energy. But with the price of oil soaring and increased opposition to coal-fired plants, many wonder if America should be more like France, where 80 percent of the power is nuclear," the program asks.

According to a recent CNBC poll, the nation is divided. Host Melissa Francis takes viewers on a rare tour inside of a nuclear power plant, and to France.

-- David Adams, Times staff writer

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