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Article: Fact Sheet: Nuclear Power Is Vital to America's Future.
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- August 25, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has developed a two-page fact sheet to assist reporters covering energy issues at the Democrat National Convention in Denver. It provides information explaining why commercial nuclear power is a vital part of the American energy portfolio needed to meet rapidly growing electricity demand in clean and reliable fashion. NEI is the nuclear energy industry's policy organization. Additional information about nuclear energy is available at http://www.nei.org
* Nuclear power provides 19 percent of America's total electricity but 74 percent of America's carbon-free generation.
* The United States has the world's largest ...