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It’s Time to Follow the Navy’s 50-Year Safety Record of Nuclear Power Generation
Opinion -Delivery of affordable, abundant, reliable, clean, and emissions-free electricity to customers is very important to modern quality of life. -
It’s Time for a Nuclear Power Renaissance
Opinion -Nuclear energy is universally supported by Americans. According to the Pew Research Center, “A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.” -
AZ Clean Energy Constitutional Amendment Would Shut Down Nuclear Power in State
Opinion -environment-climate-news -California billionaire Tom Steyer is pushing a ballot measure in Arizona that would result in the premature closure of a nuclear plant that provides the largest share of the state’s electricity. -
The Need for Nuclear Power in Georgia
Opinion -Editorial -The following is written testimony submitted by James H. Rust to the Georgia Public Service Commission on December 6, 2016 -
Obama’s Energy Secretary Champions Nuclear Power To Fight Global Warming
Opinion -Editorial -President Obama’s Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz illustrated the point perfectly last week, championing for climate reasons the same nuclear power that conservatives have long supported. -
Study Shows High U.S. Nuclear Power Costs Are Due to Excessive Regulations
Opinion -The high and continually rising costs associated with building nuclear power plants in the United States were not inevitable, say the authors of a new study in Energy Policy. -
At COP-21: Indian Lead Climate Negotiator Backs Nuclear Power to Reduce Emissions
Opinion -PARIS — Nuclear power should play a greater role in producing energy from low-carbon sources, India’s lead negotiator said Friday at the United Nations COP21 climate conference in Paris. -
Best Options for Potential Nuclear Power Plant Closings in Illinois
Publication -Policy Briefs -Exelon claims three of its Illinois nuclear power plants are uneconomical and has asked the Illinois legislature to allow it to force ratepayers to pay more to keep them operating. The authors of a new Heartland Policy Brief say that would be a mistake. -
Research & Commentary: Nuclear Power
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Almost 20 percent of the United States’ electricity is generated by nuclear power, with more than 100 nuclear power units in 31 states. -
Prominent Warmists Urge Allies to Support Nuclear Power
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #109Four scientists at the forefront of global warming activism published an open letter this week encouraging their fellow warmists to embrace safe nuclear power as a means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. -
Global Warming’s Mt. Rushmore Wisely Embraces Nuclear Power
Opinion -Four scientists at the forefront of global warming activism published an open letter this week encouraging their fellow warmists to embrace safe nuclear power as a means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. -
Florida Official Declines to Review Costly Nuclear Power Plant
Opinion -Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, whose agency oversees state energy policy, told Rep. -
Nuclear Power on Rise Despite Fukushima Hysteria
Opinion -Germany and Japan are making headlines for shutting down their impressive nuclear power portfolio, but far more countries are refraining from burying their head in the sand. -
NRC Approves Two Nuclear Power Plant Applications
Opinion -For the first time in more than 30 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a construction proposal for a new nuclear power plant. The NRC on Feb. -
Nuclear Power Plants Withstand Virginia Earthquake
Opinion -All thirteen nuclear power plants in locations near the epicenter of the Aug. 23 central Virginia earthquake safely withstood the strong tremors. Operators temporarily shut down only one nuclear power plant in response to the 5.8 magnitude earthquake. -
Poll: New Yorkers Oppose Closing Nuclear Power Plant
Opinion -New York residents in the vicinity of the Indian Point nuclear power plant oppose closing down the plant on the bank of the Hudson River, a Marist poll reports. -
A Nuclear Power Plant Cannot Produce a Nuclear Explosion
Opinion -Conventional power sources produce electricity by creating steam to power a turbine. The turbine is attached to an electrical generator which creates electricity. The heat that turns water into steam in most plants is created by burning fossil fuel. -
Nuclear Power Opposition Rejects Human Health Benefits
Opinion -There is no such thing as totally safe energy conversion on a large scale. Energy is the capacity for doing work, and as long as people are fallible, there is always the possibility that the energy we use will do some of the wrong kind of work. -
New Jersey Residents Regret Closing of Nuclear Power Plant
Opinion -New Jersey residents near the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station are unhappy with plans to close the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant in 2019, some 10 years earlier than planned. -
Kentucky Senate Approves Building of Nuclear Power Plants
Opinion -The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill to end a moratorium on nuclear power plants being built in the state. The bill, sponsored by Bob Leeper (I-Paducah), passed the Senate on February 8 by a 31-5 vote. -
Minnesota Senate Votes to Repeal Nuclear Power Moratorium
Opinion -The Minnesota Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to end a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants. The bill passed on February 2 in bipartisan fashion by a vote of 50-14. -
Exelon Assailed for Dismantling Nuclear Power Plant
Opinion -In the face of widespread agreement on the need for more energy production, Exelon Corp.—one of the nation’s largest electric utilities—is paying $1 billion to dismantle its 2100 megawatt Zion nuclear power plant in northern Illinois. -
Pebble Bed Reactors Are the Future of Nuclear Power
Opinion -Pebble bed nuclear reactors are still in the development phase and have yet to be placed into operation in any nation, but these reactors promise to eliminate many of the roadblocks that have prevented emissions-free nuclear power from generating a -
Nuclear Power Can Complete Transition to Clean Energy
Opinion -This month’s column on nuclear energy by Heartland Institute Science Director Dr.
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