Today's Washington Times reports that President Obama has announced roughly $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to build the first U.S. nuclear power plant in three decades. This is good news. This plant will create jobs and generate much needed electricity. The only issue with any nuclear plant is what to do with the waste after the power is generated. The planned facility for storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada has been blocked by Senator Harry Reid.
This is an area where Republicans can truly back the President's policies. The only thing I would add is to mention that in France, which gets about two thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, the nuclear power plants are standardized throughout the country. That means that a nuclear power specialist trained at one plant can work at any plant in the country. It would be a really good thing to do something similar in America to help ease our dependence on foreign oil and grow our economy.
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