Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal feat. Madi Czerwinski

The Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal calls for a dramatic increase
in nuclear energy to supply 50% of US electricity by 2050. Beyond
being a policy proposal for decision makers, the campaign bases
itself in a grassroots mobilization of Nuclear energy workers to
make a revival of nuclear energy the tool with which to rapidly
decarbonize and reindustrialize the US economy. It seeks to bridge
the divide between climate concerned Democrats who want to rapidly
deploy effective climate solutions and Republicans who have
struggled to develop climate policy but have historically had a
more positive attitude towards nuclear energy. While ambitious this
plan would cost about 1/2 of the 1.7 trillion dollars promised by
the Biden administration for its "Plan for Climate Change and
Environmental Justice" plan or 2/3 of the projected costs of the
F-35 figher program. Madi argues that a resurgent domestic Nuclear
Industry building a standardized AP-1000 design can revitalize the
US economy and trade union movement while reducing the
environmental impacts of energy production and rapidly achieveing
deep decarbonisation.