Rep. Fleischmann: As Bipartisan Support for Nuclear Energy Grows in Congress, Progressives Should Reconsider Their Opposition
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release:
Any serious conversation about the future of America's energy production must include nuclear energy, which accounts for 20 percent of all American energy production and 55 percent of American carbon-free-energy production. Unlike wind and solar, nuclear energy can be reliably supplied on demand, not just when the wind is blowing or when the sun is shining. Nuclear-energy plants also have . . .
Any serious conversation about the future of America's energy production must include nuclear energy, which accounts for 20 percent of all American energy production and 55 percent of American carbon-free-energy production. Unlike wind and solar, nuclear energy can be reliably supplied on demand, not just when the wind is blowing or when the sun is shining. Nuclear-energy plants also have . . .