nuclear subsidies
Nuclear subsidy litigation goes to the European Commission
Energy Fair, based in the UK, has just launched a case before the European Commission challenging a range of subsidies to nuclear power in the UK. Among other issues, the complaint attacks ar
...DOE Loan Guarantees: Jonathan Silver Falls on Sword, Joins Third Way, Likely to Continue Washington Way
As fallout from the Solyndra bankruptcy continued to build, Jonathan Silver, Executive Director at DOE's Office of Loan Programs http://www.politico.com/n
...As the Guarantees Turn: October Wrap-Up
1) Don't Prop up USEC. Henry Sokolski of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and Autumn Hanna at Taxpayers for Common Sense weigh in at the National Review
...Markey: If you are shining the light on lending to Solyndra, can you spare a few rays to look at nuke loan guarantees too?
Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) sent an interesting letter to Fred Upton (R-MI) late last week. The correspondence outlined
...Nuclear Subsidies in the UK
Kayla Ente at Ente Consulting has recently released a summary of current subsidies to nuclear power in the UK (http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/544...
...The Hidden Costs of Nuclear Power: UK’s Route to its 2050 Low Carbon Target
The UK operates 19 reactors that provided 15.7% of the country's electricity needs in 2010. The c ...
Japanese nuclear power: not so cheap when you run the numbers properly
Japan's Mainichi Daily News has a very interesting article looking at the price of Japanese nuclear power. Lik
...Shining some sunlight on solar loan guarantees: lessons for nuclear?
Ben Gemen over at The Hill describes as "hardball" the effort
...Nuclear subsidies from Price-Anderson: the population issue
Though there have been very few quantitative estimates of the subsidy value of the accident liability cap under the Price-Anderson Act, it is clear that this value has not remained static. On
...EIA's new energy subsidy study: broadening the scope and improving the numbers?
The debate on US energy policy continues to rage. The reminder from Japan that nuclear reactors can, and sometimes do, have accidents is merely the worst of a number of examples in recent yea
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