Indy car driver Simona de Silvestro was surprised by the lack of knowledge about nuclear power in the United States when she moved to this country to pursue her racing career.
“I grew up with it,” the native of Switzerland said. “When I came to theU.S., I was actually shocked that so few people knew about it.”
In Switzerland, she said, about 40 percent of energy is nuclear.
In theU.S., it’s 20 percent.
Hoping to raise awareness about nuclear energy, de Silvestro, who is about to start her third season driving the nuclear clean air energy car, spoke to about 50 students from the Central Virginia Governor’s School and Lynchburg City Schools Tuesday morning at AREVA’s Old Forest Road location.
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