The U.S. wants to triple nuclear power by 2050. America's coal communities could provide a pathway
Publishing timestamp: 2024-09-27 16:47:00
Summary
A senior DOE official stated that restarting power plants like Three Mile Island is only a small part of the nuclear energy the U.S. needs in the coming decades. Building new reactors at shuttered coal plants could help achieve the goal of tripling nuclear power. The U.S. needs to add 200 gigawatts of nuclear power to keep up with rising electricity demand and reduce carbon emissions. Restarting reactors is just a small part of the solution, and building new plants is necessary. Coal communities could provide space for new nuclear plants, and the U.S. potentially has space for up to 269 gigawatts of additional nuclear power.
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