Nuclear power is considered an important way to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near future. Though there have long been safety fears regarding accidents and the nuclear waste disposal process, nuclear fission produces next to no carbon. Bill Gates is jumping into the field with a project in Wyoming, and the Biden administration is trying to steer more tax breaks to the industry to help spur more nuclear plant construction. But while those projects get off the ground, take a second to get a sense of what things look like now. Many nuclear power plants are clustered in the eastern part of the U.S., and some states have far more than others.
Click through to see which states have the most nuclear power reactors, per the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
