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...likely faces stiff competition. The bill supposedly was to include many important goals such as reducing U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent over the next 10 years, employing an emissions cap on several economic sectors, creating a $10-billion fund for clean-coal power plants and 12 new nuclear power plants, and providing incentives for building nuclear power plants. Although we can only speculate as to its full impact, the proposed bill with the aforementioned specifics is a step in the right direction—even if the measures inside...
Once up and running, nuclear power plants can be very economically efficient: According to the World Nuclear Organization, “The operational cost of nuclear power—1.87 cents/kWh in 2008—is 68 percent of electricity cost from coal and a quarter of that...
Furthermore, nuclear power plants have the advantage of being proven technology: France, a technology leader, has used nuclear energy for nearly 50 years and since the 1970s has gone from being an electricity importer to the largest exporter in the world. France itself obtains 78.8 percent of its electricity from nuclear sources, and with its pressurized water reactors, France has yet to experience any major accidents...
...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...