Nuclear Power Plant Electricity: A Simple Costing Manual. This is a basic primer from energy consultant Philip D. Lusk that shows how to calculate the kilowatt/hour cost of electricity from a new nuclear reactor. Under the model’s fairly universal assumptions, the cost of electricity from a standard new reactor will be about 19.75 cents per kw/h. Most renewable and efficiency projects would be well below this number, and on an economic basis alone should be implemented first.
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14 top energy company beneficiaries of nuclear loan guarantees spent $48 million on lobbying. Co-Op America news release.
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The current Energy Bill could give unlimited authority to the Department of Energy (with no further congressional oversight) to award federal guarantees to commercial banks that finance both new nuclear and also coal to liquid construction projects. A broad alliance of groups have produced fact sheets that you can use for background in letters to the editor, calls to congress and educating your friends: Controversial Loan Guarantees in Current Energy Bill Why Wall Street Wants American Taxpayers to Finance Nuclear Power Foreign Companies to Benefit from U.S. Taxpayer Loan Guarantees Energy Bill Provisions Undermine Constitutional Safeguards on Taxpayer Purse Nuclear Power Loan Assistance Will Gobble Up Money For Innovative Technologies
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Presentation by David Schlissel of Synapse Energy Economics before the Utah State Legislature Public Utilities and Technology Committee on The Risks of Building New Nuclear Power Plants. Very good primer on nuclear economics with data on the economic pitfalls and problems that await a new generation of reactors. Presentation made
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