US News & World Reports "Debate Club" survey: Should Nuclear Power Be Expanded?

February 3, 2012, 10:41PMANS Nuclear Cafe

U.S. News & World Report, an online news publication, features a "Debate Club" section wherein a topic is posed in the form of a question and experts submit opinions (or op-ed) in support or opposition to the question.

On Friday, February 3, the U.S. News & World Report's Debate Club asked: Should nuclear power be expanded?

ANS President Eric Loewen submitted an op-ed in support of expanding nuclear power. Interested readers can visit the website to read the op-eds to vote for -and against-individual opinions!

Also submitting op-eds in favor of expanding nuclear power were:

  • John Shimkus, US Representative, Illinois 19th District
  • Anthony Pietrangelo, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute