Thursday
May062021
U.S. eyes nuclear reactor tax credit to meet climate goals -- sources
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Nuclear Costs
Estimates for new reactor construction costs continue to sky-rocket. Conservative estimates range between $6 and $12 billion per reactor but Standard & Poor's predicts a continued rise. The nuclear power industry is lobbying for heavy federal subsidization including unlimited loan guarantees but the Congressional Budget Office predicts the risk of default will be well over 50 percent, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill. Beyond Nuclear opposes taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies for the nuclear energy industry.
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Wednesday
May052021
Bloomberg: White House Backs Nuclear Subsidies That Split Climate Advocates
- Bloomberg - White House Backs Nuclear Subsidies That Split Climate Advocates - By Ari Natter
Friday
Feb122021
Big money, nuclear subsidies, and systemic corruption
"Burning Money," graphic by Gene Case/Avenging Angels, which appeared on the cover of The Nation in 2003, accompanying an article about the nuclear power relapse, authored by Christian ParentiBy Cassandra Jeffery, and M. V. Ramana, published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.