president rafael reif said the following. we welcome rafael reif to studio 57. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me, margaret. >> a meltdown proof nuclear reactor only sounds like a good thing, but do you see more willingness in this country to rely on nuclear power as clean energy? >> i would say not right now. but i think that the innovations coming out of the m.i.t. and understood. i could see how it can change the perception of people and feel a little more comfortable with something like nuclear reactors. >> talking about that, talking about what we are going to talk about with respect to alzheimer's, reminds us that universities are research too. they are a place where remarkable ground breaking research is taking place, other than just teaching. >> well, i would say -- i would say yes but add one more thing. there is plenty of teaching and plenty of research, but there is plenty -- the research produces results that produces innovation that can lead to clean energy and so forth, but negs to that, with the research and the teaching come e