By Evan Bayh, Judd Gregg - Published November 17, 2014 - FoxNews.com
New England is about to get hit with huge electricity rate increases, job losses and more carbon emissions, a result of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant’s imminent closure. Make no mistake, the potential for these consequences to occur is not isolated to one region -- all parts of the country should brace themselves if additional premature plant closures occur. In fact, a growing number of America’s existing nuclear energy plants are at risk of shutting down. In 2013, four nuclear energy reactors from across the country announced their retirement, an unprecedented retrenchment for the nuclear industry.
Others have indicated that they will follow suit if conditions do not improve, even though these plants have years of useful life left.
Such losses will be devastating because of the benefits that our existing nuclear energy plants provide to the nation.
Such losses will be devastating because of the benefits that our existing nuclear energy plants provide to the nation.
