The White House released a road map Tuesday to triple U.S. nuclear power capacity by 2050, asserting that the industry plays a “key role” in slashing the country’s planet-warming emissions.
The plan aims to add 200 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2050, including 35 GW by 2035. Unlike other aspects of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, goals to boost nuclear energy enjoy bipartisan support — and could survive the incoming Trump administration.
“The nuclear sector in the United States is in a unique moment. I’ve never seen it quite like this in my lifetime, from a perspective of bipartisan support,” Ed McGinnis, a 30-year Department of Energy veteran who served as acting assistant secretary for nuclear energy during the first Trump administration, told POLITICO’s E&E News.
McGinnis said that in Trump’s first White House, “there was strong support for nuclear.”
