A group that promotes green energy says the electricity crisis across North America is going to get worse. And the group says refurbishing old nuclear plants is not the answer. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Dan Karpenchuk reports:
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A group that promotes green energy says the electricity crisis across
North America is
going to get worse. And the group says refurbishing old nuclear plants
is not the answer.
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Dan Karpenchuk reports:
Ralph Torrie is one of the authors of a new report by the environmental
group, The
Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout. He wants to reduce reliance on nuclear
power. Torrie
says more than half of the working reactors will need serious repairs
in the next decade.
And new sources of energy will have to be found to bridge the gap until
the repairs are
completed.
“Premature aging and poor performance of the reactors is making the
problem that we’re
facing much more urgent than if the plants were operating the way they
were supposed to
be.”
Torrie says the reconstruction money would be better spent in
developing more efficient
energy programs and finding more renewable sources of energy.
Officials for the nuclear industry say reactors are like cars… and
need to be refurbished to
keep them running smoothly.
For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I’m Dan Karpenchuk.