Nuclear energy is:
Safe and secure. Nuclear power plants are designed, built and operated with extensive safety and security measures to protect the public, plant workers and the environment. To ensure the safety of nuclear power plants, the U.S. nuclear industry is heavily regulated with strict guidelines from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Clean. Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest power sources today. Nuclear power plants produce no greenhouse gases and are America’s largest source of carbon-free electricity.
Reliable and affordable. Nuclear energy can reliably generate large amounts of electricity around-the-clock to meet customers’ energy needs. In fact, nuclear power provides electricity to one in five businesses and homes in the U.S. Nuclear power plants are also the lowest-cost provider of large-scale electricity, producing baseload electricity for about 2.14 cents per kilowatt-hour.