Tennessee governor gives nuclear another rhetorical boost

摘要

In his annual State of the State address, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee offered more praise for nuclear energy, after lauding it earlier in the month during a tour of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar nuclear plant. "For decades, East Tennessee has been home to some of the best-kept secrets in nuclear energy and American innovation," Lee told the state's general assembly on January 31. "Today, many may not realize that Tennessee derives more power from nuclear energy than from any other source. Recently, I visited the TVA's Watts Bar nuclear facility, the last nuclear facility to be built in America, to see firsthand how nuclear power keeps our grid dependable even when the weather is not. Nuclear power is clean energy that actually works for the private sector."