The United States Is Going Nuclear

* NEI: Jobs, electricity created out of Cold War waste


Between creating jobs and generating power, the way of our future is nuclear.

In a videotaped interview with Lux Capital managing partner Josh Wolfe, Nuclear Energy Institute vice president of communications Scott Peterson says, "You look at nuclear energy and the ability of this industry to start the electricity demand that we see -- 23 percent between now and 2030 -- and doing it with a low carbon footprint."

Strikingly, one tenth of the power that fuels our electronics is coming from Russian warheads through a program called Megatons to Megawatts. Wolfe notes that half of the United States' uranium comes from these Russian warheads and nuclear produces 20% of the country's electricity.

"That's exactly right," Peterson retorts. "So warheads that were aimed at our cities are now powering our cities."

Take that Cold War Russia.
A program that salvages uranium from Russian warheads for use in nuclear plants in the U.S. provides about 10% of electricity in the U.S., Lux Capital managing partner Josh Wolfe points out in this article and video interview with Scott Peterson of the Nuclear Energy Institute. "That's exactly right," Peterson says. "So warheads that were aimed at our cities are now powering our cities." Forbes/Great Speculations blog (7/14) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story