Anti-Nuclear Renaissance: A Powerful but Partial and Tentative Victory Over Atomic Energy

The Appropriations Bill finally passed both houses of Congress in late December. But the legislative standing and ultimate outcome for the loan guarantees is murky at best, with legal and procedural experts still debating over what exactly has been done.

Ostensibly, the DOE has been authorized to grant $18.5 billion in reactor loan guarantees over the next two years, plus another $2 billion for uranium enrichment. There is also some $10 billion ... Full Story »

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by Norman Rogers - Oct. 1, 2008

Obviously this is advocacy journalism. The big problem the greens have is that nuclear energy is the one economic and proven method of generating large quantities of energy without emissions of CO2. Some of the green organizations are moving toward endorsing nuclear energy for that reason.

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