Nuclear industry faults 'fundamentally flawed' EPA power plan

摘要

The nuclear industry's largest trade group called U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan "fundamentally flawed" and called for the proposal to be reworked to ensure that the country's 100 nuclear plants stay open. The Nuclear Energy Institute -- officially weighing in on the proposal for the first time -- told EPA that while the proposed regulations under the Clean Air Act's Section 111(d) recognize the need for carbon-free nuclear power, the proposal does little to help make that happen. Marvin Fertel, NEI's chief executive, said in a statement that state governments, policymakers and industry have been calling on EPA for months to improve the treatment of nuclear power in its greenhouse gas proposal.