More of our nation’s top security experts are recognizing nuclear energy as a cornerstone of national security. Why? It ensures geopolitical leadership abroad, offers the U.S. a resilient grid without carbon emissions and supports our national defense.

A strong civil nuclear sector is important to America’s role in the world; today, however, the global landscape is rapidly shifting as Russia and China have made great strides to develop their nuclear industries, both domestically and for the export market.

We must place a greater value on the national security importance of nuclear energy—and the supply chain that builds and helps maintain nuclear power plants.