On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
It produces more than 60 percent of our non-greenhouse-gas emitting power, making nuclear energy our Nation's single largest contributor of carbon-free electricity.
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Ernest J. Moniz
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congress.govIt produces more than 60 percent of our non-greenhouse-gas emitting power, making nuclear energy our Nation's single largest contributor of carbon-free electricity.
Moniz emphasizes nuclear energy's role in providing carbon-free electricity.
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I agree, certainly, with Senator Feinstein that we must find a sustainable path forward for the storage and disposal of nuclear waste.
Climate change is a risk to our national security broadly, which has, of course, energy security implications as well.
So, if we don't protect the energy sector, we're putting, essentially, every other sector in the economy in peril.
For the past two decades, nuclear power has reliably and economically contributed nearly 20 percent of electricity generated in the United States.