Top Opinion: No Nukes?

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Nuclear Power - Economics, Design, & Industry

Date posted: 07/08/14

Ignoring a problem does not make it go away, so Gov. Terry McAuliffe did the right thing when he revived a state commission on climate change that his predecessor, Bob McDonnell, had allowed to expire. Unfortunately, the commission lacks a clear advocate for the most effective method of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions - nuclear power. True, the representatives of Dominion can speak knowledgeably about the role nuclear power plays in the state energy mix. For that matter, environmentalists who have several seats at the new commission table also cannot deny nuclear power status as a zero-carbon-emissions energy source.