Nuclear Power Economics
NPEC Clarifies Connection Between Nuclear Power Economics and Proliferation
Article
August 4, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Fuel, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, United States, Nuclear Cost Comparisons, Nuclear Power Economics
The Policy Review publishes "The High and Hidden Costs of Nuclear Power" in which NPEC's executive director draws connections between nuclear power economics and proliferation. For a more detailed analysis of this subject, see Nuclear Power, Energy Markets, and Proliferation."
NPEC Joins Plea for Senate Phase Out of U.S. Exports of Bomb-Usable Uranium
Letter
July 20, 2010
Nuclear Power Economics
In a recent letter to Senator Kit Bond (R-MO), national-security experts warn that his hold on the American Medical Isotope Production Act, which calls for the steady elimination of "highly enriched" uranium exports, sends the wrong signal to foreign manufactures who utilize this bomb-grade material.
Letter Signed by NPEC Criticizes $25 Billion in New Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Power
Letter
July 15, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Fuel, United States, Nuclear Power Economics
NPEC co-signed a letter along with the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Marshall Institute which urges the leadership of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development not to give any additional loan guarantee authority to the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program in the FY 2011 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
NPEC Advisory Board Member Criticizes DOE's Secrecy on Nuke Loan Guarantee Process
OpEd
June 22, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Fuel, United States, Nuclear Power Economics
Peter Bradford, a member of NPEC's Board of Advisors, writes in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the new loan guarantees created by Congress to support the construction of new nuclear plants in Georgia and elsewhere are likely to saddle taxpayers with large bills if the programs fail, but no one knows what the true cost will be because the Department of Energy has declined to release the criteria they are using to decide whether to grant the loans.
NPEC Clarifies Connection Between Nuclear Power Economics and Proliferation
Unpublished Essay
June 2, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Fuel, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Cost Comparisons, Nuclear Power Economics
In "Nuclear Power, Energy Markets, and Proliferation," an introduction to the forthcoming book, Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Cost and Risks, NPEC's executive director draws connections between nuclear power economics and proliferation. For a more general overview of the relationship between nuclear power economics and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, click here.
Obama Administration Resubmits Russian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement to Congress
News
May 10, 2010
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, Russia
On May 10, 2010, President Obama notified the Secretaries of State and Energy that he had resubmitted the nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress that President George W. Bush had signed with Russia in 2008 but suspended after its invasion of Georgia. Articles in the New York Times and Global Security Newswire cover the White House's latest move to gain Russian support on Iranian sanctions.
WSJ Publishes NPEC View on Why India Will Find Buying American Reactors Difficult
OpEd
April 19, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, South Asia
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, "Insuring India's Nuclear Power", NPEC's executive director lays out the debate in India's parliament over the level of insurance U.S. nuclear companies are requesting its government provide them in the event of an accident, a clash that is likely to limit U.S. investment in the near term and benefit French and Russian firms.
NPEC: World, Congress Likely to Question U.S.-India Reprocessing Deal
News
April 5, 2010
India, Nuclear Fuel, Peaceful Nuclear Energy
NPEC's executive director suggests that the Obama administration's plan to allow India to reprocess plutonium from the U.S will hurt its credibility at the upcoming NPT Review Conference and how lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are considering how to modify U.S. nonproliferation laws to accomodate the agreement in an article in the Global Security Newswire.
NPEC Releases Study Challenging Seoul's Plan to Recycle Spent Fuel
Report
March 5, 2010
Asia, Pacific Rim, Korean Penninsula, Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear Waste Management
A new NPEC report by Frank Von Hippel "Spent Fuel Management in South Korea: The Illogic of Pyroprocessing" calls into question South Korea's plans to use pyroprocessing to recycle its spent fuel stores.
