President Bush Touts Nuclear Energy In Labor Day Speech

President Bush delivered his Labor Day speech in Piney Point, Maryland yesterday, and on the way there he passed over the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant:

You know, we flew over -- coming here, we flew over a nuclear power plant, and it's a modern, safe plant. In my judgment, this country ought to continue to expand nuclear power if we want to become less dependent on foreign sources of energy.
Nuclear power is safe; nuclear power is clean; and nuclear power is renewable. And so, what I'm telling you is, and what I want the country to understand is, is that technologies -- technologies has enabled this work force -- this union to have a more productive work force -- technology is going to enable us to become less dependent on oil. And we've got to continue to pursue technologies.

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