Judi Greenwald writes in UtilityDive about increasing support for nuclear power.
- Once humming in the 70s and 80s, the nuclear power industry has experienced decades of decline due to in large part to environmental activist organizations.
- Thankfully, more environmentalists are beginning to change their tune and embracing nuclear power.
- Nuclear energy is reliable, clean, and the safest form of energy on the market.
- Modernizing regulations would reduce the cost and time of building nuclear power in the United States.
“With respect to safety, forty years ago we were very focused on the potential for low-probability, high-consequence accidents in which the fuel in a nuclear power plant could melt and release radiation to the environment. In response to this risk, nuclear energy technologies in the United States are carefully designed and operated to avoid accidents and minimize their consequences. Here again, several decades of experience of nuclear industry operations, overseen by the NRC, have demonstrated that accidents are very rare, and when they do occur, the radiation exposure is minimal.”
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