The Conservative Case for Nuclear Energy

It’s reliable, safe, and, unlike solar and wind, doesn’t eat up huge swathes of land.

As the Trump transition team prepares to take power in Washington, they should be making the conservative case for nuclear energy. During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump declared: “Nuclear power is a valuable source of energy and should be part of an all-the-above program for providing power for America long into the future. We can make nuclear power safer, and its outputs are extraordinary given the investment we should make.” Being pro-nuclear doesn’t require adhering to any particular orthodoxy on climate change or greenhouse gases. Conservatives should support America’s nuclear-energy sector for three reasons: generation diversity, technological leadership, and land sparing.