gristmill.grist.org - 1/6/2009
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A new study [PDF] puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour -- triple current U.S. electricity rates ! This staggering price is far higher than the cost of a variety of carbon-free renewable power sources available today -- and 10 times ...
gristmill.grist.org - 1/6/2009
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Suppose the leaders of this country were wise
enough to put a moratorium on traditional coal (the
most urgent climate policy needed, as discussed here )? How will we meet our steadily growing demand for carbon-free power over the next decade? And to ...
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Life after coal | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
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Daily Kos —
... coming year, he said Monday the already reduced budget for the controversial nuclear waste plan will be cut "significantly" for the remainder of 2009, and that a 2010 White House spending request will contain "little if anything at all." The Nevada Democrat made the declaration after he brought up Yucca Mountain in a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama earlier in the day. [H/T Nuclear Reaction] -- Plutonium Page More nuclear power news comes from Joseph Romm: A new study [PDF] ...
Once Again, Nuclear is NOT the Solution
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
... But now a new report has come out that shows that nuclear energy is just plain too expensive to be a vaible option. Again, existing plants are probably needed, but new plants just aren't worth it. I suggested that in the article above, and was slammed for it. But seems I was indeed right: ...
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