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As US shutters aging nuclear plants, cutting emissions will become more costly

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imageLosing steam? Older power plants are expensive to operate or upgrade.Montgomery County Planning Commission, CC BY-NC-SA

The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, but the country’s fleet of nearly 100 reactors is showing its age.

On November 2, the owner of a nuclear power station in New York said it will shut...

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