Bush continues advocating new nuclear

Bush continues advocating new nuclear

Washington (Platts)--18May2006

President George W. Bush said the US must start building new nuclear power
plants "to maintain our economic leadership and strengthen our energy
security." Speaking today in a videotaped message to the Nuclear Energy
Institute's Nuclear Energy Assembly in San Francisco, Bush repeated his call
for an expansion of clean energy sources, including nuclear power. In his
nearly five-minute address to the conference, Bush said his administration has
taken steps to encourage nuclear construction. These include the launch of the
Nuclear Power 2010 initiative, proposed legislation to advance the licensing
and construction of the Yucca Mountain, Nevada repository, and the signing of
an energy bill containing several financial incentives. He said these steps
were aimed at starting nuclear construction by the end of the decade.

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