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Judd Gregg: “If all the nuclear power plants were closed in this country, it's the equivalent of adding 115 million cars to the road.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
If all the nuclear power plants were closed in this country, it's the equivalent of adding 115 million cars to the road.
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Judd Gregg

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Senator Gregg emphasizes the environmental impact of closing nuclear power plants.

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It makes no sense whatsoever, and it's apparently--certainly makes no sense for the same people to be urgently arguing to deal with climate change and then either quiet or urgently opposed to nuclear power.

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Meeting state and national carbon reduction goals will be compromised without existing nuclear power plants.

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Without the 99 nuclear power plants that operate in 30 States, carbon emissions from the U.S. electric sector would be approximately 25 percent higher.

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Our Nation's nuclear power plants are vital national assets that provide reliable, carbon-free electricity.

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