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State Officials Should Be Concerned about Premature Closures of Nuclear Plants
Statement from Tracy Mason--the Nuclear Energy Institute's senior
director for public affairs--in:
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(46 seconds)
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(MASON):
"SOME NUCLEAR POWER-PLANTS IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST FACE THE THREAT OF PREMATURE
CLOSURE--EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RELIABLY GENERATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY.
THIS INCLUDES PLANTS IN ILLINOIS, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, OHIO, AND PENNSYLVANIA.
OFFICIALS IN THOSE STATES, AND ELSEWHERE, NEED TO ASK: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, IF MORE REACTORS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF DISTORTED ELECTRICITY-MARKETS AND ENERGY-POLICY FLAWS?
FOR STARTERS, THE RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID WOULD BE AT RISK. SECOND, CARBON-EMISSIONS WOULD
INCREASE--AS WE SAW WHEN WISCONSIN'S 'KEWAUNEE' NUCLEAR PLANT CLOSED, A FEW YEARS AGO.
NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCES NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICA'S CARBON-FREE POWER; WITHOUT IT, CARBON-EMISSIONS FROM THE ELECTRIC SECTOR WOULD BE 25-PERCENT HIGHER.
WE WANT RELIABLE ELECTRICITY, 24-SEVEN--AND WE NEED CLEAN AIR. WITHOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY, WE RISK LOSING BOTH."
