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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 04:34 pm
On Tuesday, President Obama will announce plans to break ground on two new nuclear reactors at a Southern Company plant in Burke, Georgia -- the first new U.S. nuclear reactors since the incident at Three Mile Island in 1979.

Обама решил забить на зелёных радикалов и развивать ядерную энергетику. Это хорошо. Конечно, не обходится без обязательного "а теперь давайте обложим кого-нибудь налогами", но по крайней мере темa ядерной энергетики не является табу, при упоминании её политики уже не бросаются на пол и не бьются в корчах, стеная "радиацые ужос! галактико опасносте!"
Friday, February 19th, 2010 01:38 am (UTC)
...но nutroots уже посыпают голову пеплом: Он нас пгедал! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/science/earth/18enviros.html?ref=us
Friday, February 19th, 2010 02:05 am (UTC)
...и совершенно логично: Recycle ashes! Re-cy-cle! Re-cy-cle! Heil Re-cy-cle! Die Fahnen hoch..."
Friday, February 19th, 2010 02:04 am (UTC)
я раньше не знал, оказывается стоимость электричества от ядерных электростанций значительно дороже, чем произведенное традиционными способами.
без субсидий - ядерная энергетика не конкурентноспособна.

что думаете?
Friday, February 19th, 2010 03:17 am (UTC)
from what i understand, it mostly upfront costs and overall risk of investment that makes it expansive.
ongoing operational costs are actually lower compared to other options.

reason's roundtable on the subject. good read
Friday, February 19th, 2010 02:34 am (UTC)
Tufts economist Gilbert Metcalf concludes that the total cost of juice from a new nuclear plant today is 4.31 cents per kilowatt-hour. That's far more than electricity from a conventional coal-fired plant (3.53 cents) or "clean coal" plant (3.55 cents). When he takes away everyone's tax subsidies, however, Metcalf finds that nuclear power is even less competitive (5.94 cents per kwh versus 3.79 cents and 4.37 cents, respectively).

В расчет не включено загрязнение окружающей среды, которое для угольной электростанции гораздо сильнее, чем для атомной.

Health problems linked to aging coal-fired power plants shorten nearly 24,000 lives a year, including 2,800 from lung cancer, and nearly all those early deaths could be prevented if the U.S. government adopted stricter rules, according to a study released Wednesday.
Friday, February 19th, 2010 03:07 am (UTC)
"clean coal" is still cheaper than nuclear.
Besides, Taylor's argument is that better approach would be to tax energy to reflect environmental and health costs associated with its production. and if this makes nuclear, or solar, or whatever energy more competitive - market will take care of the rest.
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 10:23 am (UTC)
это показывает зло субсидий а не атомной энергетики.
если это так НАХ ее субсидировали до сих пор?