Open AccessIndustry report attempts to position nuclear power as environmentally friendly
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/98eo00327
Subject(s) - acid rain , clean air act , nuclear power , renewable energy , agency (philosophy) , emissions trading , business , natural resource economics , environmental science , environmental protection , finance , greenhouse gas , air pollution , engineering , chemistry , economics , ecology , philosophy , organic chemistry , epistemology , electrical engineering , biology
A new report by the Nuclear Energy Institute claims that nuclear power has played a significant and largely overlooked role in reducing acid rain in the United States, and that the industry should receive Clean Air Act financial credits for the avoided production of sulfur dioxide—an acid rain ingredient—as well as for other avoided pollutants. The late August release of the industry group's report, ”Phase ISO 2 Emissions Avoided by Increased Nuclear Generation,” is timed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) forthcoming regulation that will set nitrogen oxide limits during the summer ozone season for 22 states in the eastern part of the United States. The agency currently is putting finishing touches on the regulation, and the nuclear industry hopes that it—and other “nonemitting” energy sources, including solar, wind, and renewable energy—receives financial credits for avoided nitrogen oxide emissions.