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New Nuclear Power Plants Are Not a Solution for America’s Energy Needs
New nuclear power plants are unlikely to provide a significant fraction of future U.S. needs for low-carbon energy. NRDC favors more practical, economical and environmentally sustainable approaches to reducing both U.S. and global carbon emissions, focusing on the widest possible implementation of end-use energy-efficiency improvements, and on policies to accelerate commercialization of clean, flexible, renewable energy technologies.
New Nuclear Power Plants Are Not a Solution for America?s Energy Needs (pdf)
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