NEI will sponsor a Summit that will examine nuclear value in state of Virginia, discuss the Vermont Yankee closure that devastated town of Vernon, and a former State legislator will recall the pain of Vermont Yankee closure on the community.
With several U.S. nuclear power plants facing premature closure in electricity markets where the system and community fail to recognize their environmental and economic value, efforts to keep at-risk plants open has gained new urgency. Two meetings, one that recently took place and another to come next week, offer platforms for key stakeholders to hear why nuclear energy matters.
The upcoming half-day summit in Richmond, Virginia, co-sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium, brings together local government officials and industry leaders from a variety of fields to promote the role and value of nuclear energy in Virginia.
Virginia is one of the top 10 states in terms of nuclear-generated electricity. The Dominion four reactors at its North Anna and Surry power stations generate 96% of the state carbon-free electricity. Dominion intends to pursue a second license renewal for Surry to continue generating electricity past the middle of this century. Virginia also is a hub for nuclear research and development and a center for nuclear Navy activities.
The value of nuclear energy facilities to local communities, as economic engines and as contributors to the local communities that host them, informed a striking and personal presentation at the May 19 U.S. Department of Energy Summit on Improving the Economics of American Nuclear Power Plants in Washington D.C.
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