You can bet the Callaway Nuclear Plant is working overtime in this summer weather. Callaway County Senator Travis Fitzwater has long pushed to expand the plant near Reform …
Fitzwater says the Callaway Plant generates about one – quarter of electricity needed by Ameren customers. He adds, that even with big federal subsidies, power from wind and solar can’t provide that reliable power.
Several years ago Fitzwater took a trip to the United Arab Emirates to study their growing nuclear power industry.