WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in a generation at a cost of nearly $35 billion says his company isn’t ready to pick up that baton. Speaking in Waynesboro, Georgia, where Georgia Power Co. and three other utilities last month put a second new nuclear reactor into commercial operation, Granholm said the United States needs 98 more reactors with the capacity of units 3 and 4 at Plant Vogtle to produce electricity while reducing climate-changing carbon emissions. Each of the two new reactors can power 500,000 homes and businesses without releasing any carbon. “It is now time for others to follow their lead to reach our goal of getting to net zero by 2050,” Granholm said. “We have to at least triple our current nuclear capacity in this country.” |
Red Sox lose another starting pitcher, RHP Brayan Bello placed on injured list with a tight backElection 2024: Casey, McCormick to face each other in Pennsylvania Senate raceJudge orders preventative detention for Iranian and 2 Peruvians in thwarted plot to kill IsraelisCalifornia Democrat wants to ban lineFresh health warning over common additive used in thousands of ultraThe US is now allowed to seize Russian state assets. How would that work?Red Sox lose another starting pitcher, RHP Brayan Bello placed on injured list with a tight backSemenyo scores to help Bournemouth beat Wolverhampton 1Vermont House passes measure meant to crack down on soReal Housewives of New Jersey's Dolores Catania attends bridal shower for ex