The recent attack on the Zaporizhizhia plant in Ukraine has raised questions about the potential risks of civilian nuclear plants. Here are some answers.
Energy
American prosperity and national security depends on affordable, abundant, reliable, low-carbon energy. Instead of making energy scarcer or less reliable—which primarily harms lower- and middle-income Americans—we should dramatically expand the role of nuclear energy in the United States. Natural gas has a constructive role to play in the low-carbon transition, as do emerging technologies.
All Energy
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