-Rianna Das
This article is about a company, Entergy, in Vermont that is considering closing their nuclear power plant. This plant is 39 years old and has been recently been facing state resistance over the plant. This resistance is due to the plant having leakages of radioactive material. Through this resistance, the plant still supplies about one third of the state of Vermont's energy. Vermont is one of the few states that relies on nuclear power as a primary energy source. There about 65o employees who work at this nuclear power plant. If this plant were to be resold, the company assures that they would work with the new buyers to keep these employees at work at the same plant.
This article shows the importance in the industry for nuclear power. Nuclear power is a renewable energy option. Its use does not harm the environment, making it sustainable. However, it does have some problems in production. As the article demonstrated, nuclear power plants often have leakage of radioactive material, which can do great damage to the environments around the plants. This means that nuclear power plants face must face a lot of regulation from government. This regulation adds to the expense of the nuclear power, which is already expensive to produce.
Again, this article illustrates that although there is a need for renewable, sustainable, energy, it is not always easy for businesses to give this to their consumers. While it is hard for businesses to invest money in relatively new industry, it is important that they keep doing this. It is important for the environment that businesses keep searching for ways to deliver new types of energy to their consumers at a price they can afford.
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