Why taking another risk on nuclear power in Colorado would be a mistake

Why taking another risk on nuclear power in Colorado would be a mistake

The Union Electric Callaway Nuclear Power Plant in Missouri. (Stock photo by Joe Sohm/Getty Images)As the last coal plants in Colorado shut down, nuclear power proponents are campaigning to replace them with nuclear reactors. An advisory committee for the city of Pueblo recommended that Xcel replace its Comanche 3 coal plant with an “advanced nuclear power plant.” Bolstering that effort, the Colorado Legislature recently passed a bill redefining…