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Nuclear Plants in Several States Are at Risk of Prematurely Shutting Down
Statement from Maria Korsnick--the Nuclear Energy Institute's chief operating officer--in:
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(KORSNICK):
"AMERICA HAS 99 NUCLEAR PLANTS, PROVIDING 20-PERCENT OF OUR
ELECTRICITY--RELIABLY AND WITHOUT EMITTING GREENHOUSE-GASES. IN SEVERAL STATES, HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE PLANTS ARE
CLOSING--AND WILL MOSTLY BE REPLACED BY PLANTS BURNING NATURAL GAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE CARBON-DIOXIDE ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE.
THE 'DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY' HAS JUST HELD A SUMMIT ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT CONFRONT OUR AT-RISK NUCLEAR
PLANTS--AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT RESULT FROM EARLY PLANT-RETIREMENTS.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE KEEP EXISTING NUCLEAR-POWER PLANTS OPERATING: THEY ARE ECONOMIC-ENGINES IN THEIR HOST-COMMUNITIES.
AND, THEY ARE KEY TO ANY CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROVIDE [THE] ELECTRICITY [THAT] WE
NEED--WHILE KEEPING THE AIR CLEAN. POLICYMAKERS SHOULD CONSIDER BROADENING
'RENEWABLE'-ENERGY STANDARDS, INTO 'CLEAN'-ENERGY STANDARDS--SO THAT ALL CARBON-FREE SOURCES ARE TREATED EQUALLY.
WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD [THE] PREMATURE SHUTDOWN OF MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS:
AMERICANS WANT RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND CLEAN AIR. AND, WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY, WE CAN HAVE BOTH."
To learn more about the Department of Energy's summit, click
here.
