Dozens of US nuclear power plants at risk due to climate change: Moody’s
Highlights 37 GW of nuclear capacity at risk from flooding 48 GW at risk from heat, water stress Merchant plants have fewer options to recover mitigation costs Washington – Dozens of US nuclear power plants, comprising nearly half the country’s operational nuclear generating capacity, “will face growing credit risks” in the next 10 to 20 years due to flooding, hurricanes, heat stress and other predicted impacts of climate change, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report Aug.
