Analysis of FY 2009 Department of Energy Budget, by Robert Alvarez of Institute for Policy Studies.

Think New Atomic Reactors Can be Built Cheaply and On-time? Think Again!

14 top energy company beneficiaries of nuclear loan guarantees spent $48 million on lobbying. Co-Op America news release.

Fact sheet on Senate provision on taxpayer loan guarantees for new reactors, prepared by coalition of organizations.

Letter from taxpayer groups to Senate on nuclear loan guarantees.

Issue brief on taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors, from Environmental and Energy Study Institute.

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

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

Testimony of Mary Olson, Director of NIRS’ Southeast office, on North Carolina Senate Bill 3 and "Construction Work in Progress."