"Nuclear Socialism"

Dr. Bob Allen, a professor of chemistry at Arkansas Tech University, writes in an op-ed published in Arkansas's Courier News that the entire history of nuclear power in the U.S., from federal R&D subsidies to catastrophic accident liability coverage provided by taxpayers, represents "European Style Socialism." He concludes that "Nuclear power may have a future, but only with a massive federal bureaucracy to control it and massive taxpayer subsidization to sustain it. This is definitely not a prescription for limited government and low taxes..."

"Nuclear Expansion is a Proven Market Failure"

An op-ed with this title was penned by Mark Cooper, senior fellow at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, and Nancy Young Wright, an Arizona state representative (D-District 26) and was published in Arizona's American Forum.