According to retired Admiral Frank Bowman, the president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nation’s economic and energy climate is ripe for a renaissance of the nuclear power industry. The increased costs of natural gas, the need for more electricity — especially in the Southwest — and the requirement to reduce emissions means that nuclear power plants are a viable energy option for the future, retired Admiral Frank Bowman said during a lunchtime address to a group of students gathered at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
I suppose it would be a little too hokey to say nuclear energy has a glowing future.
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