Streamlining nuclear energy production could help the U.S. be a
outpaced that generated by burning coal
"Nuclear power is a critical component of our clean energy future. Its ability to generate large amounts of electricity with minimal greenhouse gas emissions makes it an invaluable part of our energy grid," Curtis, a vice chairman of the House Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee and chairman of the Conservative Climate Caucus, wrote in a
American companies buy around $1 billion worth of enriched uranium each year — roughly one-third of what is used in the U.S. — from Russia's state-owned nuclear agency, making U.S. clean energy vulnerable to the whims of Russian President Vladimir Putin, theCurtis said he "discovered the shocking fact that we, in the United States, by and large, do not have the ability to mine or enrich uranium. ...
"By doing so, U.S. companies can attract the necessary private capital to modernize existing nuclear infrastructure and develop advanced reactors that are even safer and more efficient," he said.
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