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Nuclear Energy Must Play a Strong Role in Helping Achieve U.S. Climate Goals
Statement from Scott Peterson--the Nuclear Energy Institute's Senior
Vice President for Communications--in:
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(56 seconds)
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(PETERSON):
"AMERICA'S ELECTRIC-SYSTEM RUNS ON A DIVERSE MIX OF FUELS AND
TECHNOLOGIES. NUCLEAR ENERGY ALREADY GENERATES TWO-THIRDS OF ALL
CARBON-FREE ELECTRICITY IN THE UNITED STATES. IF WE WANT TO MAKE
FURTHER GREENHOUSE-GAS REDUCTIONS--TO COMBAT CLIMATE-CHANGE--NUCLEAR ENERGY
WILL HAVE TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE IN THE NATION'S ELECTRICITY-MIX THAN IT DOES
TODAY. THIS CONCLUSION WAS REACHED BY SEVERAL INDEPENDENT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE STUDIED RECENT CLIMATE-CHANGE PROPOSALS IN CONGRESS.
NUCLEAR FACILITIES ARE THE LEADING SOURCE OF CARBON-FREE ELECTRICITY IN 28
OF THE 31 STATES WHERE THEY OPERATE. WE SIMPLY CAN'T REACH OUR ENERGY-
AND CLIMATE-GOALS WITHOUT THE ELECTRICITY THAT NUCLEAR-POWER PLANTS RELIABLY
GENERATE FOR OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. TO HIS CREDIT, PRESIDENT OBAMA
RECOGNIZES THIS: HE KNOWS [THAT] NUCLEAR ENERGY MUST CONTINUE TO BE A
MAJOR PART OF THE NATION'S ENERGY-MIX--IF CARBON-EMISSIONS ARE TO BE
SUCCESSFULLY REDUCED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT,
TO ACHIEVE THESE IMPORTANT GOALS."
