. Nuclear Loans, Subsidies & other Taxpayer Swindles…. Powerpoint presentation by NIRS’ Michael Mariotte to Sierra Club National Nuclear Strategy Meeting, May 5, 2012.

Brilliant new study from UK’s Energy Fair: The Financial Risks of Investing in Nuclear Power.

New paper from Marc Cooper of Vermont Law School predicts major impacts for U.S. nuclear industry from Fukushima during 2012: nuclear costs will rise and there will be significant regulatory delays.

New study published by National Bureau of Economic Research concludes that construction costs for new reactors make nuclear power too expensive to be competitive.

Reps. Waxman, Markey & DeGette call for House investigation into proposed nuclear loan guarantees.

Congressional Budget Office report on government’s loan guarantee program for new reactor construction. Concludes that government is understating risks to taxpayers.

180+ Organizations urge Congressional appropriators to end nuclear loan program. Letter. Press release.

New public opinion poll finds that 70% of North Carolina oppose a utility plan to increase electric rates to pay for new nuclear reactor construction (also know as CWIP, or Construction Work in Progress). Press release. Poll data.