US may face inevitable nuclear power exit
March 1, 2013http://phys.org/news/2013-03-inevitable-nuclear-power-exit.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwIvGJJ_dtU
Introduction: US nuclear exit?
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).
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.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-inevitable-nuclear-power-exit.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-inevitable-nuclear-power-exit.html#jCp
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