by 
American
ingenuity
advanced
nuclear
technology
to
a
world-class
innovation
to
benefit
all.
Interestingly,
the
methods
used
in
the
rest
of
the
world
are
copies
of
the
American
innovations.
Now,
America
seems
to
be
fading
into
the
wallpaper
of
greed
and
propaganda.
It
slinks
to
massive
subsidies
to
support
ancient
power
generated
from
breezes
and
sunshine,
like
wind
and
solar.
America
needs
to
reestablish
its
world-leading
manifestation
of
this
technology
through
our
secret
weapon
called
free
enterprise.
To
meet
increasing
demands
for
electricity,
China,
Russia,
Japan,
and
Poland
are
building
additional
nuclear
power-generated
electricity,
while
the
USA
focuses
on
weather-dependent
wind
and
solar.
Russia
and
China
are
currently
leading
the
world
in
nuclear
electricity
generation
and
account
for
70
percent
of
additional
nuclear
power
capacity.
Today,
about
60
reactors
are
under
construction
across
the
world.
A
further
110
are
planned.
Today,
nuclear
power
generated
electricity
is
being
added
around
the
world:
-
The
nuclear
power
systems
developed
for
the
Navy
have
functioned
well
for
over
seven
decades.
All
U.S.
Navy
submarines
and
aircraft
carriers
are
nuclear-powered. -
France
has
more
than
50
nuclear
power
reactors
producing
more
than
70%
of
France’s
electricity. -
Japan
/
New
Energy
Policy
Will
Set
Nuclear
Share
Target
Of
20%
By
2040,
Japan’s
industry
ministry
is
making
final
amendments
to
a
policy
that
will
significantly
increase
nuclear
power
from
the
estimated
8.5%
that
the
reactor
fleet
provides
today.
Fourteen
nuclear
power
plants
have
restarted
in
Japan
since
the
2011
Fukushima
disaster.
Today,
about
440
nuclear
power
reactors
are
in
operation
in
32
countries
and
Taiwan,
with
62
new
reactors
under
construction.
As
of
August
1,
2023,
the
United
States
had
54
nuclear
power
plants
with
93
operating
commercial
nuclear
reactors
in
28
states.
Nuclear
power
has
the
competitive
advantage
of
being
the
only
reliable,
available,
and
clean
power
source
that
can
accommodate
the
desired
expansion
of
a
clean
electricity
supply
to
the
end
users.
In
fact,
nuclear
power
could
supply
all
the
capacity
the
US
needs.
The
United
States
invented
and
perfected
nuclear
power
as
early
as
the
late
1940s.
Are
we
willing
to
regress
while
other
countries
progress?
To
understand
this
concept
better,
let’s
review
the
US
nuclear
energy
development
through
the
years.
As
Nazi
Germany
began
to
eat
away
at
civilization,
the
discovery
of
nuclear
fission,
the
powerhouse
of
nuclear
reactors,
was
coming
of
age.
Like
the
uranium
born
from
stardust
as
the
ultimate
energy
storage,
the
secret
to
unlimited
electric
power
for
the
world
exploded
upon
the
scientific
community.
You
have
heard
of
the
heroes
of
this
miracle:
Curie,
Einstein,
Meitner,
Hahn,
Frisch,
Bohr,
Teller,
Fermi,
Oppenheimer,
and
many
more.
In
a
strange
quirk
of
fate,
the
first
use
of
nuclear
fission
came
in
the
form
of
a
bomb.
As
bad
as
war
can
be,
it
spurred
the
invention
of
radar,
jet
engines,
and
nuclear
fission
devices
which
all
went
on
to
make
life
better
for
humans.
Nuclear
fission
became
the
flowers
that
grew
after
the
thunderstorms
of
WWII….
Read
the
rest
of
this
piece
at
America
Out
Loud.
Ronald
Stein
is
an
engineer,
senior
policy
advisor
on
energy
literacy
for
the
Heartland
Institute
and
CFACT,
and
co-author
of
the
Pulitzer
Prize
nominated
book
“Clean
Energy
Exploitations.”
Photo:
courtesy
America
Out
Loud.
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