Meeting state and national carbon reduction goals will be compromised without existing nuclear power plants.
Judd Gregg: “Meeting state and national carbon reduction goals will be compromised without existing nuclear power plants.”
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Judd Gregg asserts that nuclear plants are essential for achieving carbon reduction targets.
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