Doublecheck Your Work

On September 12, our Chief Nuclear Officer, Marv Fertel, made a joint appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box with Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen on the prospects for new nuclear build in the U.S.

At the end of the interview, Slocum made a familiar charge about the energy legislation that President Bush recently signed into law.

KERNEN: Mr. Slocum, you'’re going to have the last word. If it's not nuclear, do you have some other ideas for us?

SLOCUM: Well, yeah, we've got to reduce demand. The United States is the biggest consumer of energy and the energy bill just signed doesn't address improving efficiency at all.

Really? How can he make that claim when Title I of the legislation was named "Energy Conservation"? Don't believe me, look it up yourself right now by clicking here.

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