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Nuclear Power Plant Electricity: A Simple Costing Manual. This is a basic primer from energy consultant Philip D. Lusk that shows how to calculate the kilowatt/hour cost of electricity from a new nuclear reactor. Under the model’s fairly universal assumptions, the cost of electricity from a standard new reactor will be about 19.75 cents per kw/h. Most renewable and efficiency projects would be well below this number, and on an economic basis alone should be implemented first.
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Blowing the Whistle on Nuclear Safety Lapses: Federal Whistleblower Protections Act At A Glance, article by attorney David Marshall at the law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, Potential whistleblowers also may want to review NIRS brochure on whistleblower protection here.
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New report slams President Bush’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) program, finding—among other problems–that no economic cost-benefit analysis has been done, the technologies proposed do not exist, and the program would be too slow and expensive to address climate change. Report is from Institute for Policy Studies, Friends of the Earth, Government Accountability Project and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a scoping meeting on the Environmental Impact Statement for Calvert Cliffs on at the Holiday Inn Select located at 155 Holiday Drive, Solomons, Maryland. This is your chance to come out and let your voice be heard! NRC notice.
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