Nuclear Winter

Nuclear winter Financial Times In a Financial Times interview this week, Jeff Immelt, chief executive of GE, said nuclear power was “really hard” to defend financially, when compared both with gas-fired generation and certain renewables. “At some point, really, economics rule,” he added. GE chief cools to nuclear prospects Financial Times - ‎2 hours ago‎ Jeff Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric, revived the debate about the cost of nuclear power this week when he said building reactors was so expensive compared with other forms of energy it had become “really hard” to justify. In an interview with ... Wind taken out of nuclear power's sails Financial Times - It is one thing for a green pressure group to claim nuclear power is too expensive, but quite another when the charge comes from the head of an atomic industry pioneer such as General Electric. GE built some of the world's first commercial atomic reactors in ... Hearings yet to clarify alternatives to N-power The Daily Yomiuri - ‎Aug 2, 2012‎ Hearings yet to clarify alternatives to N-power. Takeo Miyazaki and Ryosuke Yamauchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers. While demands to eliminate nuclear power have prevailed at public hearings, the hearings have yet to tackle ways to secure a sufficient ...

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