Nuclear power doesn’t get talked about much in America, but it’s a key piece in reducing the country’s overall carbon emissions. This week, the Biden administration announced a plan to keep nuclear plants operational, a move that will go a long way toward preventing dirty-burning fossil fuels from gaining ground at a time when we can least afford it.
The new program, funded as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was passed last year, will extend up to $6 billion in support to nuclear facilities that are at risk of shutting down for financial reasons. Plants that were planning to close will get a boost to keep their cores operational, while facilities that are experiencing economic hardship will get the next crack at the money. It’s effectively a bailout of an industry that has been in long need of some additional love.
