Today, nuclear power can boast the safest operating record of any competitive power source in the history of the world. 3-cents when construction and decommissioning costs are factored in. Nuclear power completely eliminates the chronic air pollution associated with electricity generation. In 1999, California's two nuclear plants prevented the release of 181,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and 7.7 million metric tons of carbon particulates that would have been produced by fossil fuel plants. And with production reactors in use around the world, the fuel is inexhaustible.
Nuclear plants create a fraction of the waste of conventional power plants.
California's public officials will hear none of this, of course. Senator McClintock represents the 19th State Senate District in the California Legislature. Political USA, Inc., 1999-2001. Unauthorized use of materials is prohibited.