Nuclear-energy expansion would boost U.S. economy

Nuclear-energy expansion would boost U.S. economy
A key part of the recovery of the U.S. manufacturing sector will be a federal energy policy, and nuclear energy is ready to meet the power-demand challenges ahead, write former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman and Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers. "If we make the commitment necessary to expand nuclear energy as part of a balanced energy portfolio, we could see more than 14,000 new American jobs at other new reactors, plus another 25,000 hires at existing facilities to replace personnel expected to retire in the next five years," they write. Investor's Business Daily

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