Nuclear, not coal, is plan at Progress:
As Progress Energy looks for new power sources amid shifting environmental rules, the Raleigh utility has decided that coal is out and nuclear is in. ...
Its decision favoring nuclear energy is driven largely by uncertainties in public policy. Legislators and regulators increasingly are focusing on the environmental threat posed by global warming. Penalties on carbon-dioxide emissions are widely expected from Congress, a policy that could significantly increase the operating costs of coal plants by taxing coal's byproduct: the greenhouse gas that is blamed for overheating the planet.
Coal and nuclear plants both pose environmental risks, but Progress' commitment to a new nuclear plant signals that the company considers managing radioactive waste less of a gamble than dealing with carbon dioxide.
*From Wikipedia:
Nucular is an ad-hoc spelling of a metathesis of the word nuclear, representing the IPA: /ˈnjuːkjələr/ (NEW-cue-lurr) pronunciation of that word instead of the correct /ˈnjuːkliːɚ/ (NUKE-lee-urr).
See also Bushism.
