Energy Secretary Moniz Pushes for Nuclear Power

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

Date posted: 08/21/14

Kimberlee Kruesi reports that U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz championed the use of nuclear power and urged politicians and leaders in the energy industry to adapt and modernize energy production to help minimize the fallout from global warming.\n\nMoniz indicated that the predictions of a world where we do nothing predict unhealthy outcomes for our forests. Working hard on it means innovating energy technology. And he emphasized that the goal of energy is very simple, keep the costs down. As we have seen, that will make the policy-making easier.\n\nRepeating the Obama philosophy of all of the above energy strategy, Moniz said the United States is not shunning coal or oil energy sources. Instead, officials are finding ways to reduce the fuel carbon emissions. Moniz added that funding and improving the 17 nuclear laboratories must also become a higher priority.