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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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Thursday
Sep192019

Voters need to know who's behind nuclear campaign, groups argue

Thursday
Sep192019

Heated HB6 campaign shows why Ohio needs to close ‘dark money’ loopholes, advocates say

Thursday
Sep192019

Supporters of FirstEnergy Solutions launch a racist, anti-democracy “yellow peril” campaign

Friday
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.