Guest Blogger: Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) on America’s Safe, Clean, Nuclear Future

Rep. Joe Pitts / October 23, 2009

There is one thing that people across the ideological spectrum can agree on when it comes to the issue of energy—the United States needs to produce far more clean energy from a source that does not rely on the whims of tyrants in far off parts of the world.

Fortunately, there is a technology out there that produces clean, emission free energy without the need for raw materials imported from unstable countries. Our green energy future is a nuclear future.

I believe that we need to provide for a regulatory process that will encourage an increase in the production of this clean, alternative energy.

Nuclear energy is a viable, clean alternative that can help strengthen America’s energy infrastructure now. But in order to make that happen, we need regulatory reform in order to speed up the process of approving new nuclear reactors, while ensuring the highest safety standards are observed. Our regulatory structure should be encouraging innovation, not stifling it. Nuclear power can reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy and reduce the emissions that come from burning fossil fuels. (more…)