D.C. Region

Insights:

• Why nuclear power?
  
  

  • CNBC interview w/ Natalie Adomait "Nuclear energy is part of every path to getting to net-zero"
  • Bloomberg: Brookfield’s Carney Says Net-Zero Doesn’t Work Without Nuclear Power
  • Reliability / resiliency
  
  

• How much power is already supplied to grid from nuclear?
  
  

  • United States: 10% (vs. 4% from hydro, wind, and solar)
  • PJM grid: 32.4%
  • Maryland: over 40% of Maryland's electricity is from Nuclear
  
  
  

• What is 24/7 carbon free energy and why does it matter?

  
  
  
  • UN:"transformative approach to energy procurement"
  • https://gocarbonfree247.com/ (media toolkit)
  
  
  

• About Westinghouse

  
  
  
  • History
  • Brookfield/Cameco Westinghouse acquisition PR
  • Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately half of the world's 430 nuclear power reactors in operation worldwide
  • "If you care about carbon, you care about nuclear"
  • "The fact is, it's safe."
  • "The Safe Way to Go Carbon‑Free
  • "Nuclear energy prevents more than 528 million metric tons of carbon dioxide that would otherwise emit from fossil fuel combustion from entering our atmosphere."