http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2009/11/12/nuclear-socialism/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2009/11/12/nuclear-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Tax-payers liable if nuclear reactor plan goes belly up « nuclear-news Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:33:21 +0000 http://blog.cleanenergy.org/?p=2945#comment-794 [...] the nuclear loan guarantee program is a raw deal for taxpayers and a heyday for nuclear proponents. Nuclear socialism triumphs again — what a “renaissance” this is turning out to be.CleanEnergy Footprints » [...] [...] the nuclear loan guarantee program is a raw deal for taxpayers and a heyday for nuclear proponents. Nuclear socialism triumphs again — what a “renaissance” this is turning out to be.CleanEnergy Footprints » [...]

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]]> http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2009/11/12/nuclear-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Taxpayer to take the risk of nuclear plants « nuclear-news Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:04:59 +0000 http://blog.cleanenergy.org/?p=2945#comment-201 [...] Nuclear Socialism The main thing the utility industry learned from the last generation of nuclear plants was how to pass risk on to their customers. Plant Vogtle is at the head of the line competing for federal nuclear loan guarantees – billions of taxpayer funds are to back these shaky new reactor proposals. What was never learned but should have been was that the full financial risk of these reactors should belong entirely to the utility that builds them. [...] [...] Nuclear Socialism The main thing the utility industry learned from the last generation of nuclear plants was how to pass risk on to their customers. Plant Vogtle is at the head of the line competing for federal nuclear loan guarantees – billions of taxpayer funds are to back these shaky new reactor proposals. What was never learned but should have been was that the full financial risk of these reactors should belong entirely to the utility that builds them. [...]

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