(NAPSA)—As Washington continues to debate green energy and how it can help power economic growth, Americans have found ways to maketheir voices heard— and with good reason. Different types of high-tech green power have already created thousands of jo2s, with nuclear power alone adding 9,000 new workers to the American economy in 2008. Indeed, regardless of economicforecasts, many analysts say the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. and worldwide looksbright. Francealready uses nuclear to produce 80 percentof its electricity, with the United Kingdom and Canada amongthescores of countries expressing strong interest in expandingtheir own green nuclear energy. Safe And Green Forinstance, a companycalled Westinghouse, which hired approximately 4,000 employees within the past four years, recently developed the AP1000" reactor, the only generation III+ nuclear power plant to receive Design Certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It’s based on a technology that’s already logged more than 3,000 reactor years of highly successful operation. Natural forces, including gravity, natural circulation and condensation, provide the plant's safety, and a comparatively smaller number of valves, pumps Clean nuclear power has helped create thousands of American jobs. and motors are required to actuate the passive systems. The construction of four of the company’s reactors began in China this year, and many more are expected to follow throughout the world. Getting Involved This type of growth could spell good news for the economy and the environment. Nuclear power is the nation’s biggest producer of energy that does not emit greenhouse gases, but it could also someday be amongthe country’s biggest industries. To learn more, visit www.ap 1000.westinghousenuclear.com. You can also contact your legislators in Washington, D.C. about this issue. You can reach your senators at www.senate.gov and your representative at www.house.gov.
