Deep Dive: Can Nuclear Save Pueblo?

Pueblo, Colorado is about to lose its 1,410 megawatt Comanche Generation Station, a coal plant owned by Xcel, to retirement by 2031. The community’s Innovative Energy Committee held a press conference earlier this month and declared that a nuclear power plant is the only way that Pueblo can be “made whole.” Critics say they’re dreaming.

Who’s right and who’s wrong? Let’s dive in.

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