October 2014

European Commission Report Calls for Permanent Geological Repositories for Spent Nuclear Fuel

         What to do with spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive waste is the great unanswered question of nuclear power. The spent nuclear fuel pools in the one hundred U.S. nuclear power reactors will all be full in five years unless massive amounts of temporary storage casks are built to hold the spent fuel until a permanent repository is built.

Nuclear Reactors 168 - U.S. Government Puts Out Draft Plan for Over 12 Billion Dollars of Nuclear Loan Guarantees

         I have often mentioned that the nuclear industry enjoys special treatment from the U.S. government. The Nuclear Regulatory Agency is not enforcing regulations rigorously for the operators of nuclear power plants. Billions and billions of dollars have been handed out in grants and loan guarantees.

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