The dominant type of new nuclear power plant, light-water reactors (LWRs), proved impossible to finance in the robust 2005-08 capital market, despite new U.S. subsidies approaching or exceeding ... read more

By RACHEL NOLAN / BERLIN Thursday, Jul. 09, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The planned uranium-enrichment plant project in Piketon, Ohio, faces "demobilization" beginning in August unless the federal government grants a $2 billion loan guarantee, ... read more

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Admits Ecology Party Contentions to Levy Nukes In a ruling released July 8th, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB), allowed several environmental ... read more

By Tina Seeley July 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. nuclear utilities say they shouldn't have to pay an estimated $769 million this year toward a waste repository since the U.S. is abandoning the Yucca ... read more

7 Jul 2009 by Kate Sheppard Getting a climate bill through the Senate with some Republican support might be easier than many observers think, but only if it comes with provisions providing a big ... read more

WASHINGTON, D.C.///July 7, 2009///Three major developments in the nuclear power industry in late June underscore the key findings of the "The Economics of Nuclear Reactors," a report ... read more