Experts: no good candidates exist for current nuclear reactor loan guarantee bailout funds, much less tripled amount under Obama budget plan. Press release in conjunction with telepressconference.
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NIRS, WISE, CNIC (Japan) urge Vietnam to re-examine suspiciously low nuclear reactor cost estimates. Press Release. Letter to Vietnamese officials.
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Experts: Three latest industry setbacks further dim nuclear “renaissance;” issues can’t be solved with nuclear socialism. Read the statement and listen to a streaming audio of the press conference embedded in the release.
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The Renaissance That Wasn’t. New factsheet from Physicians for Social Responsibility detailing the various delays, cost overruns, credit downgrades and design problems that have plagued the nuclear power industry since January 2008.
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All Risk, No Reward. New study from Marc Cooper of Univ. of Vermont on why Wall Street refuses to take the risk of investing in new reactors, and why Congress and States shouldn’t expose taxpayers to those risks.
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“Four Nuclear Myths: A commentary on Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Discipline and on similar writings.” New piece by Rocky Mountain Institute’s Amory Lovins debunks four key myths often propounded by nuclear power supporters: variable renewable sources of electricity (windpower and photovoltaics) can provide little or no reliable electricity because they are not “baseload”—able to run all the time;
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New study reveals French nuclear construction costs tripled per kilowatt/installed from 1970-2000. So much for a learning curve.
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