Thursday
Sep192019
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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September 19, 2019Friday
Sep132019
Toledo Blade: Don't buy into anti-House Bill 6 referendum
As posted in today's Midwest Energy News:
COMMENTARY: An Ohio editorial board opposes a referendum on nuclear energy subsidies, saying keeping two FirstEnergy plants open keeps carbon emissions low while providing local jobs. (Toledo Blade)
[Boo. What a bad position for the Toledo Blade ed. bd. to take. They should know better. Davis-Besse is one of the most dangerous atomic reactors in the world.]
Thursday
Sep122019
Davis-Besse nuclear plant gets $9 million federal grant for hydrogen production
As reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hmmm...will that include radioactive hydrogen (tritium), which Davis-Besse generates lots of, and releases to the environment regularly? Tritium packs a harmful beta radiation punch, especially at intimate levels of the human anatomy, right down to the DNA molecule—which can cause cancer, birth defects, and genetic damage.
Solar and wind can also generate hydrogen—the non-radioactive, harmless version.
PowerMag, the Post Register, ExecutiveGov.com, and the Star Tribune have also reported on this story.