US may face inevitable nuclear power exit March 1, 2013

US may face inevitable nuclear power exit

March 1, 2013http://phys.org/news/2013-03-inevitable-nuclear-power-exit.html

Q&A with Jeremy Rifkin on nuclear power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwIvGJJ_dtU  

Introduction: US nuclear exit?

1. John Mecklin

In a 2012 progress report on federal energy initiatives, the Obama administration enthusiastically asserted that it was “jumpstarting” the nuclear industry. It noted that “the Department of Energy issued a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee to support the first US nuclear reactors in more than three decades. The project … will bring two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors online, supporting 3,500 construction jobs and 800 permanent jobs” (White House, 2012: 12). 

http://bos.sagepub.com/content/69/2/9.full 

US May Face Inevitable Nuclear Power Exithttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130301122927.htm

 

US may face inevitable nuclear power exit March 1, 2013 In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry. Because of the industry's long history of permitting problems, cost overruns, and construction delays, financial markets have been wary of backing new nuclear construction for decades. The supposed "nuclear renaissance" ballyhooed in the first decade of this century never materialized. And then came Fukushima, a disaster that pushed countries around the world to ask: Should nuclear power be part of the energy future? In the third and final issue in a series focused on nuclear exits, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, turns its attention to the United States and looks at whether the country's business-as-usual approach may yet lead to a nuclear phase-out for economic reasons.

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