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A timeline of safety enhancements that the U.S. nuclear industry has made since 1980.

Since the 2011 accident at Fukushima, the industry has substantially raised the bar on safety at U.S. nuclear power plants.

Many voices have joined the consensus to reduce carbon emissions. Now politicians, investors, policy experts, climate activists and more are transforming those sentiments into concrete steps forward. There is one constant: Any path to reduce carbon emissions must be technology-neutral. As plans become policy, it’s clear that nuclear energy will have an essential role in our future.

Nuclear energy is the ideal carbon-free, 24/7/365 partner to wind turbines, solar panels and energy storage in meeting President Biden’s goal to decarbonize our electricity system by 2035 and rebuild the economy.

Nuclear energy is the ideal carbon-free, 24/7/365 partner to wind turbines, solar panels and energy storage in meeting President Biden’s goal to decarbonize our electricity system by 2035 and rebuild the economy.

Nuclear energy will play a major role in the transition to a carbon-free world. The U.S. industry must be able to compete quickly, in order to ensure our national securityand regain leadership from Russia and China.

A consensus is forming that as important as renewables are to reduce carbon emissions, achieving a 100 percent clean, carbon-free energy system requires a mix of fuels. Nuclear power—the nation’s largest source of carbon-free electricity—is an essential part of the U.S. clean energy portfolio.

A comprehensive review of publicly available operational and safety performance metrics demonstrates that the U.S. nuclear industry has consistently and substantially improved both performance and safety. Industry’s high level of performance manifests itself in many ways, including public safety, worker safety and plant reliability.

Find the numbers on all things nuclear energy including advantages, performance data and the outlook of the industry.

Both the industry and the government responded swiftly and decisively to the TMI 2 accident, with the industry establishing INPO. Decades of research and scientific studies have shown no negative health effects on the population surrounding the plant.

The 2011 nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi and the 1986 incident at Chernobyl were both rated 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, but the accidents were starkly different in their cause, the governments’ response and health effects.

If we want to protect the climate, we need to support nuclear carbon-free energy with smarter regulations at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.