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Show MM Triumphs Of Science ."JV GOOD NEWS THAT AFFECTS OUR LIVES LIVING STANDARD LINKED TO ENERGY SUPPLY more fuel than it consumes while producing electricity. In addition to being a needed need-ed source of fuel for electric power generation, breeder reactors, such as the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant, planned for Tennessee, will mean lower cost electric mm 3M The next time you walk into your office or pick up the tools of your trade, you might want to tip your hat to the people who supply sup-ply our energy. The interesting fact is that for the past two decades de-cades our economic and energy en-ergy growth have been in almost perfect lock step. If you were to chart our annual annu-al energy growth rate, it would show a one-to-one correlation with our ecor nomic growth. Energy is essential es-sential for economic growth. A lot of experts agree that the long-range prospects pros-pects for keeping our energy supply in balance with our energy demands call for new trends in the use of our natural resources. Unhappily, Unhappi-ly, our domestic reserves of oil and gas are limited. Those who have studied the fuel situation often agree that the answer lies in nuclear power. There is great hope in keeping our energy supply healthy because of a type of nuclear reactor called the breeder reactor. The breeder differs from conventional reactors in that it creates power for the consumer. The breeder reactor will not only continue to make low-cost nuclear generated electricity available, thus helping to provide jobs and a satisfactory standard of living, but it will help to free the nation from the dangerous dependence upon imported oil from foreign nations. The breeder reactor provides our nation with the potential for achieving energy en-ergy independence. |