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The US government insurance scheme for nuclear power plant accidents no longer makes sense via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2020/02/27 by nfield

By Victor Gilinsky, February 26, 2020 The Japan Center for Economic Research, a source sympathetic to nuclear power, recently put the long-term costs of the 2011 Fukushima accident as about $750 billion. Contrast that with the maximum of $13 billion that … Continue reading →

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Bowling for Meltdowns via Counterpunch

Posted on 2014/10/31 by norma field

Throwing Gas on a Radioactive Fire by JOHN LaFORGE Weakening radiation standards; a cap on accident liability; reactor propaganda vs improvements; old units running past expiration dates; revving the engines beyond design specs …. You’d think we were itching for … Continue reading →

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