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FINALLY
By Mike | April 27, 2005
At last there’s some mention of nuclear power showing up in discussions of the impending (if not current) energy crisis. This CNN article discusses new proposals to help reduce energy costs, including one intended to reduce apprehension in investors building new nuke plants.
To whit:
“Officials said the president also will call on the Department of Energy to work with Congress to reduce uncertainty in the licensing process of nuclear power plants.”
Now, this is a far cry from anything actually happening, and I get the impression it’s a small thing, but it’s something. And it’s about goddamn time.
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December 10th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
[...] and lobbying, no new reactors have come online in almost 30 years. Congress has recently starting discussing legislation to make it more attractive to build nuclear power plants, but by the time those new reactors go [...]