Patrice Hill

Patrice Hill contends in the following viewpoint that nuclear power has become less expensive than any other source of electricity. According to Hill, another significant benefit of nuclear energy is that nuclear power plants do not produce the carbon emissions—which are responsible for environmental degradation—that fossil-fuels plants do. Hill contends that political opposition to nuclear power has been waning as the United States faces an ever more threatening energy shortage. Patrice Hill is a reporter for the Washington Times.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Hill, how much of America’s energy comes from nuclear power"
2. What new technology can guarantee the safety of nuclear power plants, according to the author"
3. According to Hill, why have new natural gas power plants failed to avert...