{"id":15836,"date":"2025-03-20T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15836"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:56:38","slug":"why-support-a-pro-nuclear-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15836","title":{"rendered":"Why support a pro-nuclear resolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/why-support-a-pro-nuclear-resolution\/\">https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/why-support-a-pro-nuclear-resolution\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-regular-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/badger-institiute-nuclear-resolution-250317.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the fact sheet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Facts for Wisconsin citizens and legislators<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Situation now<\/h6>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e74sq7k37a8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/net-electricity-generation-by-source-Wisconsin.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=2560&amp;ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1675\" height=\"1158\" src=\"https:\/\/e74sq7k37a8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/net-electricity-generation-by-source-Wisconsin.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bar graph of Wisconsin\u2019s net electricity generation by source\" class=\"wp-image-51420\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click to expand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/numbers\/electricity-generation-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nuclear provides<\/a> <strong>16%<\/strong> of all electricity generated in Wisconsin. Down from 24% in 1990.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Coal<\/strong>: Down from 69% in 1990 to 34% now.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gas<\/strong>: 1% in 1990 to 41% now.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wind<\/strong>: 2% in 2009, 3% now.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solar<\/strong>: 0% in 2019, 2% now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nuclear is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/numbers\/how-much-electricity-various-fuels-actually-produce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most reliable source of electricity<\/a>, <strong>producing about 96%<\/strong> of the plant\u2019s rated output.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e74sq7k37a8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wisconsin-electricty-capacity-by-fuel-source.png?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=2560&amp;ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/e74sq7k37a8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wisconsin-electricty-capacity-by-fuel-source-1024x1020.png?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Line graph of Wisconsin electricity capacity by fuel source\" class=\"wp-image-53016\" style=\"width:460px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click to expand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wisconsin <strong>wind<\/strong> turbines average about one-fourth of their rated capacity. <strong>Solar<\/strong> averages a little under 20%. Both are by nature intermittent: available when wind blows or sun shines.<\/p>\n<p>Both, especially solar, also face land-use problems, especially regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/prairie-chickens-and-the-land-eating-solar-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wildlife habitat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expected demand<\/h6>\n<p>Wisconsin electricity <strong>use up 33%<\/strong> since 1990 but flat since 1999.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use likely will rise<\/strong> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/port-washington-data-center-plans-put-spotlight-on-wisconsin-power-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">power-intense data centers<\/a> are built.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin also is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/government-heat-pump-subsidies-in-wisconsin-will-lead-to-higher-costs-for-homeowners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trying to incent<\/a> the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wisconsins-78-65-million-charging-station-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adoption of electric vehicles<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wisconsin-governor-keeps-alive-possibility-of-local-bans-on-fossil-fuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electric appliances<\/a><\/strong>, increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/natural-gas-and-regulation-in-wisconsin-a-policy-brief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electricity demand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regional grid operator MISO forecast that it would be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wisconsin-needs-to-crank-up-electricity-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short of electricity at next summer\u2019s peak<\/a><\/strong> by as much as 3,700 megawatts, or three times the output of Point Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/numbers\/wisconsin-electricity-production-and-imports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">relies on imports<\/a><\/strong> via the regional grid for about 15% of its electricity.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuclear future<\/h6>\n<p>Bipartisan interest:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/how-wisconsin-could-triple-its-nuclear-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analyzed existing plant sites<\/a> for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/more-headway-on-increasing-nuclear-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potential new capacity<\/a><\/strong>, including Kewaunee, Point Beach.<\/li>\n<li>Michigan Legislature and governor <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/how-michigan-is-going-nuclear-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed to restart<\/a><\/strong> recently closed Palisades plant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New technology: \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/the-dawn-of-viable-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-and-why-wisconsin-should-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small modular reactors<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d manufactured off-site, may be faster and cheaper to build.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dairyland Power Co-op <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/power-politics-dairyland-wisely-explores-zero-carbon-nuclear-greens-not-cheering-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced in 2022 it\u2019s considering SMRs<\/a><\/strong> and confirmed that in late 2024 to us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/federal-government-inaction-leaves-uranium-along-lake-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spent fuel<\/a><\/strong>: a technical issue with solutions that other countries already are implementing. Only political barriers stop implementation here.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We recommend<\/h6>\n<p>Put the Legislature on record as supporting new nuclear power in Wisconsin by supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2025\/proposals\/sjr7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SJR7<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2025\/proposals\/ajr6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AJR6<\/a>. This will give energy developers an encouraging clarity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-regular-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/badger-institiute-nuclear-resolution-250317.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the fact sheet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gf_browser_chrome gform_wrapper gravity-theme gform-theme--no-framework\" data-form-theme=\"gravity-theme\" data-form-index=\"0\" id=\"gform_wrapper_21\">\n<div id=\"gf_21\" class=\"gform_anchor\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gform_heading\">\n<h2 class=\"gform_title\">Submit a comment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gform_description\">\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;<span class=\"gfield_required gfield_required_asterisk\">*<\/span>&#8221; 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