Early Retirement of US Nuclear Plants Is a Step Backward

 

• The early retirement of the San Onofre reactor complex could increase California's greenhouse gas emissions by up to 6 million tons per year.

• Together with other announced and plausible retirements, the loss of existing US nuclear capacity would more than offset new reactors now under construction, along with their contribution to emissions reduction. http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/246981/early-retirement-us-nuclear-plants-step-backward