America, it's OK to Favor Small Modular Reactors & Phase Out Coal
By Blue Phoenix - Thu Apr 19 12:07:00 CDT 2012 CT
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America, it's OK to Favor Small Modular Reactors & Phase Out Coal

A Case for Supporting Small Modular Reactors

Last month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first limits on greenhouse-gas emissions derived from “new” US power plants. Ten-year low natural gas prices coupled with these more stringent CO2 emissions standards by the EPA only strengthen the economic reasoning to embrace small modular reactors (SMRs) and prevent construction of new coal-fired plants.

With roughly 200,000 jobs at risk both directly (~83,000 jobs employed in coal mining) and indirectly by the coal industry, can the US justify (both economically and socially) adopting tomorrow’s energy sources today? We think the answer is a resounding yes to both. Read about our case for supporting SMRs.


 
 
 
 
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