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...climate change is expected to improve the image of nuclear power.” This is indeed proving to be the case, with two-thirds of self-described environmentalists now declaring in favor of nuclear energy. All told, 67 percent of all Americans are now positively disposed toward constructing new nuclear power plants, with 46 percent emphatically...
Already 19.6 percent of all the United States’ energy comes from nuclear sources, and although the most recent plant to come online did so in 1977, the green proponents are pushing for a wave of new construction. According to the Department of Energy website, the Nuclear Power 2010 program unveiled in 2002 “has succeeded in building momentum toward a ‘nuclear renaissance’ in which nuclear plants are effective options for zero-carbon electricity production.” Together with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, this program put in place...
...example, the process of obtaining government approval for building new nuclear reactors will be streamlined by developing standard certification procedures for certain generic types of reactors. Also, the “early site permit” component allows firms to receive government approval for their proposed site prior to making their final go-ahead decision. The program sets up a mechanism for firms to simultaneously obtain construction and operating licenses, with the latter conditional on the plant being built to specification. Furthermore, specific provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 offer tax breaks, cost-over...
...response to the Nuclear Power 2010 program and Energy Policy Act, the DOE has already received 17 new applications to build 26 new nuclear reactors. With the growing demand for clean technologies, energy companies have banded together to form three separate consortiums, each of which has been granted early site permits. These consortia carry the technical expertise and solid credibility of established U.S. and international organizations, including players such as General Electric, Constellation Energy, Westinghouse Electric, EDF Energy, AREVA, Bechtel Corporation, and Duke Energy...
According to Cold War era satirist Fred Lehrer, “when the earth becomes uranious, we will all go simultaneous…oh, we’ll all fry together when we fry.” However, with nuclear power rising to the forefront as the new green, it seems he may have gotten it backward. It actually looks like nuclear may prove a valuable ally in the fight against global warming...