Spotlight: New Nuclear Projects Can Help Administration’s Job-Creation Efforts

Spotlight: New Nuclear Projects Can Help Administration’s Job-Creation Efforts

from AREVA North America: Next Energy Blog by AREVA North America Blog

As the Obama Administration looks to help jumpstart job creation across the United States, it should look no farther than the nuclear energy sector. Nuclear energy already plays an important role in the U.S. economy, producing 20 percent of the nation’s electricity and employing some 120,000 hardworking Americans. Yet investment in new nuclear facilities will create many additional jobs during both the construction and operation phases.