Construction Costs
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Nuclear Power: The Renaissance That Wasn’t
(December 2011). A factsheet detailing the various delays, cost overruns, credit downgrades and design problems since January 2008 facing the supposed ‘nuclear renaissance.’ Read more »
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The Economics of Nuclear Reactors: Renaissance or Relapse?
(June, 2009) Dr. Mark Cooper, Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School Read more »
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What History Can Teach Us About the Future Costs of U.S. Nuclear Power
Environment Science and Technology (April 1, 2007). Nathan Hultman, Georgetown University and University of Oxford; Jonathan G. Koomey, Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Daniel M. Kammen, University of California, Berkeley. A review of past experiences with nuclear reactor development in the United States shows that any economic planning should factor in the possibility of 'high-cost surprises.' Read more »
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Nuclear Power’s Toxic Assets: A Wall Street View
Beyond Nuclear (February, 2007). Notes from Wall Street’s view of the insurmountable financial risks associated with investing in nuclear power. Read more »
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Nuclear Power Plant Construction Costs
Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. (July, 2008) David Schlissel, Senior Consultant, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. Bruce Biewald, President, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. An analysis of the ‘soaring’ costs expected with construction of new nuclear reactors. Read more »
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South Texas Project: Timeline of A Project in Crisis
How does a 'model nuclear project' go from done deal to dead-on-arrival? This timeline explores how the South Texas project, once hailed as the leader of the 'nuclear renaissance' was injured by skyrocketing costs, secrets, and scandal. Read more »
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Policy Challenges of Nuclear Reactor Construction: Cost Escalation and Crowding Out
A comparison of the U.S. and French experiences with nuclear reactor construction. Effectively debunks the "French miracle" mythology by showing both a historical and contemporary pattern of cost escalation and 'crowding out' of alternative energy sources in both the French and U.S. experience with nuclear reactors. Read more »
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The Financial Crisis and Nuclear Power
Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich (February, 2009). Steve Thomas, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Greenwich; David Hall, Director of Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich. A discussion of the future of nuclear power in the context of our current financial crisis. Read more »
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New Nuclear Reactors: Too Costly, Dirty, & Dangerous
a basic factsheet about the risks of new nuclear reactors. Read more »
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Economics of New Reactors and Alternatives
Carnegie NPEC Conference (February, 2009). Jim Harding, PhD., retired professor of environmental studies, University of Regina. An analysis of life-cycle nuclear costs in comparison to alternatives. Read more »
