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Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Mikela Dennison discuss the latest on the tragedy unfolding in Japan post the 8.9 mag. Earthquake and its nuclear power station crisis north of Tokyo. Manning highlights how pro-new nuclear technology arguments have simmered in New Zealand at an academic and business level, especially since APEC in Sydney where then US president George W. Bush and Australia's prime minister John Howard stated new nuke power generators could reduce carbon emissions from developing countries and also provide a cost-efficient method of meeting an economy's energy generation needs.

Also, Pacific states such as Tonga, Samoa, Western Samoa, Kiribati, Saipan and others have been considering the merits of small 250megawatt nuclear generators, generators the size of a household refrigerator, being the best option that exists to meet small island states' energy needs.

Should nuclear technology be an option for a future New Zealand when these islands, like Tonga, rest delicately on the edge of the Pacific Rim of Fire?