Industry report attempts to position nuclear power as environmentally friendly

Abstract

A new report by the Nuclear Energy Institute claims that nuclear power has played a significant and largely overlooked role in reducing acid rain in the United States, and that the industry should receive Clean Air Act financial credits for the avoided production of sulfur dioxide—an acid rain ingredient—as well as for other avoided pollutants. The late August release of the industry group's report, ”Phase ISO2 Emissions Avoided by Increased Nuclear Generation,” is timed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) forthcoming regulation that will set nitrogen oxide limits during the summer ozone season for 22 states in the eastern part of the United States. The agency currently is putting finishing touches on the regulation, and the nuclear industry hopes that it—and other “nonemitting” energy sources, including solar, wind, and renewable energy—receives financial credits for avoided nitrogen oxide emissions.

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