Summary
To enhance America's national security and energy security over the long term, it is imperative that the United States expand its use of nuclear power. To this end, it is encouraging that the nuclear power industry has enthusiastically welcomed the incentives contained in the energy bill that Congress has just approved.
The need for more nuclear power plants is straightforward. Annual electricity demand in the United States is expected to increase by 50 percent by 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration. The forecast assumes that huge increases in the use of greenhouse-gas-emitting fossil fuels will be necessary to meet this demand. Electricity generated by coal-fired power plants, for example, is expected to increase by more than 45 percent, rising from less than 2,000 billion kilowatt-hours in 2003 to nearly 2,900 in 2025. Electricity generated by natural gas, another fossil fuel, is expected to soar by nearly 125 percent, rising from less than 650 billion kwh in 2003 to more than 1,400 in 2025.See the full content of this document
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The Advantages of Nuclear Energy
The United States has adequate supplies of coal. Over the long run, however, much of the natural gas needed to meet its projected electric-power role will have to be imported from overseas. In fact, in order to prepare for America's incre...
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