Issue brief on taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors, from Environmental and Energy Study Institute.

The current Energy Bill could give unlimited authority to the Department of Energy (with no further congressional oversight) to award federal guarantees to commercial banks that finance both new nuclear and also coal to liquid construction projects. A broad alliance of groups have produced fact sheets that you can use for background in letters to the editor, calls to congress and educating your friends: Controversial Loan Guarantees in Current Energy Bill Why Wall Street Wants American Taxpayers  to Finance Nuclear Power Foreign Companies to Benefit from U.S. Taxpayer Loan Guarantees Energy Bill Provisions Undermine Constitutional Safeguards on Taxpayer Purse Nuclear Power Loan Assistance Will Gobble Up Money For Innovative Technologies

Presentation by David Schlissel of Synapse Energy Economics before the Utah State Legislature Public Utilities and Technology Committee on The Risks of Building New Nuclear Power Plants. Very good primer on nuclear economics with data on the economic pitfalls and problems that await a new generation of reactors. Presentation made

Testimony of Mary Olson, Director of NIRS’ Southeast office, on North Carolina Senate Bill 3 and "Construction Work in Progress."

Seven Myths of the Nuclear Renaissance. Presentation by utility economist Jim Harding on the continued failure of nuclear economics. Includes a Powerpoint presentation and accompanying speech in pdf format.

Why New Nukes are Risky. Coalition briefing paper on the economic risks of nuclear power, presented to Wall Street analysts.