The objective of NOx reduction is to clean up the air. Cleaning up the air means eliminating all toxins including radionuclides, the deadliest and most long- lived. We cannot clean the air by trading one poison for another. It is a bad bargain to reduce nitrous oxide by increasing plutonium, radioactive iodine and strontium 90. There is no safe dose of radiation.
Radiation is a known cause of cancer, birth defects, reproductive disorders and disease.
It persists in the environment and acts synergistically with other toxins. Economics Without huge subsidies from taxpayers and consumers, nuclear plants would be unable to compete with other electric generators. It is in our region's and nation's interest to create and implement energy policies which preserve public health and safety without raising costs. It is illogical to continue to subsidize inefficient nuclear plants with fuel neutral policies which would perpetuate the primary cause of high electric rates. Indeed, the NOx subsidy could make the difference in the economic viability of otherwise dying nuclear plants.