Don Gale: Solar power will not solve our energy problems

(Photo courtesy of NuScale) Twenty-nine Utah municipalities are exploring small nuclear modular reactor technology to power their cities in a world without coal. This mockup shows an aerial view of the 12-module plant site at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls.My wife asked that question more than once during the months when Alzheimer’s was stealing her memory and her life.

She referred to a small plastic panda on our kitchen table swinging from a small plastic tree limb. The toy panda is still there. My wife loved animals, gave our grandchildren affectionate animal nicknames and even wrote a delightful children’s book titled “Christmas at the Zoo.” No wonder I keep the swinging panda.…