White Paper – Nuclear Loan Guarantees: Good Energy Policy?
Read the white paper below or download the pdf here. Presented at the Western Energy Policy Research Conference Sponsored by the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) and the Energy Policy Institute (EPI) August 2012 Beatrice Brailsford Nuclear program director Snake River Alliance Pocatello, ID Nuclear Loan Guarantees: Good Energy Policy? Title XVII of [...]
Loan Request by Uranium-Enrichment Firm Upends Politics as Usual
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/business/loan-request-by-uranium-enrichment-concern-shakes-up-political-sides.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&sq=uranium%20matt%20wald&st=cse&scp=1 Excerpt: AREVA, a French firm, got a loan commitment from the Energy Department to build a similar plant in Eagle Rock, Idaho, although, because the Fukushima accident has cut the demand for nuclear fuel, it has not decided whether to proceed. The AREVA project was considered lower risk than Piketon because its technology is proven. [...]
AREVA Gets Nuclear Bailout from the DOE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2010 CONTACT: Snake River Alliance Andrea Shipley, executive director 208-344-9161 (w); 208-514-8713 (c) Toxic Party in Idaho BOISE, ID—On the eve of a visit from Tea Party activist Sarah Palin, the Department of Energy announced a $2 billion bailout for the French-owned Areva to build a uranium enrichment factory outside [...]
Don’t Bet the Farm: Tripling Nuclear Power Bailouts Triples the Risk and the Waste
Tripling Nuclear Power Bailouts Triples the Risk and the Waste At the beginning of February, the Obama administration asked Congress to triple the pot of money available for new nuclear reactors to $54.5 billion. Later in the month, President Obama announced the Energy Department’s intention to give Southern Company $8.3 billion for two new reactors [...]
