“We have the history, we have the willpower, we have the programs and, in South Carolina, we have the talent base for a nuclear renaissance. … We have aging plants, and we have a growing demand for energy. … What we offer today is the most advanced nuclear energy technology.”

Tom Zarges
President, URS Washington Division
As quoted in “Indian Land Opens Doors to Nuclear Energy HQ”
The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.)
May 6, 2008


“This country is going to need new nuclear power plants.”

—Robert Malone
Chairman and chief executive officer, BP America Inc.
Nuclear Energy Assembly
May 6, 2008


“Nuclear power is the only technology we have that can be deployed over the next two decades to address global warming. It is our best hope in the short term until we get to renewables and efficiency.”

—William Johnson
Chairman, chief executive officer and president, Progress Energy
Nuclear Energy Assembly
May 6, 2008


“We are actually going steadily in the opposite direction. We are not incentivizing investment in oil and gas exploration in this country. We are turning down coal-fired power plants because of concerns about the environment. We are slow to renew the use of nuclear power, so we are digging ourselves into a deeper hole here, in my view.”

—David O’Reilly
Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corp.
Discussing energy independence with The Wall Street Journal
May 1, 2008