Electricity affects nearly every aspect of modern life, from the food supply to health, transportation, housing and emergency services. Lives depend on reliable access to electrical power and nuclear power plants generate a fifth of all U.S. electricity. It would take decades to make up their loss if these indispensible plants were closed, not to mention that people would have to live with 20% less energy.
But there’s a larger problem, and the same people wanting to stop nuclear power through the Green New Deal won’t allow the government to fix it: nuclear waste disposal. There are currently 100,000-tons of waste spread over 30 different states, from New Hampshire to California, generated by 98 nuclear reactors at 60 vitally needed nuclear power plants.
