McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors
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For apx. 60 years America has diverted its development of nuclear power, an environmentally clean power. America has built coal fired power generation plants that produce apx 2-8 tons of CO2 emissions and radioactive waste more dangerous than the wast from a nuclear power generating plant. AMERICA N
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McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030
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McCain said the 104 nuclear reactors currently operating around the country produce about 20 percent of the nation's annual electricity needs.
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"Every year, these reactors alone spare the atmosphere from the equivalent of nearly all auto emissions in America
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Even so, he said he would set the country on a course to build 45 new ones by 2030, with a longer-term goal of adding another 55 in the future.
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