Sentences with phrase «cost of nuclear power»

The high cost of nuclear power also explains why so few plants are being built compared with a generation ago.

By masking the true cost of nuclear power, subsidies also allow the industry to exaggerate its economic competitiveness; consequently, they diminish or delay support for more economical and less risky alternatives like energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Another huge cost of nuclear power involves decommissioning the plants when they wear out.

The building and clean - up costs of nuclear power costs were «just too astronomical» said the Green Party's Jenny Jones.

It examines questions about the safety and costs of nuclear power relative to coal and other choices for electricity generation, along with the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and emissions of greenhouse gases relative to other energy sources.

aking account of future demand and anticipated costs of nuclear power under the existing electricity market structure, it would not be commercially viable to generate electricity from a nuclear power plant in South Australia in the foreseeable future.

The major cost of nuclear power plant is the capital outlay needed to built the power plant.

While some may disagree with Lester Brown's cost comparison between wind power and nuclear power, it's harder to dispute his numbers on the rising costs of nuclear power plant construction.

Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Lovins about the true costs of nuclear power.

It should be possible to reduce the cost of nuclear power via modular standard reactor design, but governments need to provide a regulatory environment that supports timely construction of approved designs.

It does not make clear its assumptions of the costs of nuclear power, which is chronically underestimated.

The one potential wrinkle is the cost of nuclear power.

The rosy forecasts of the costs of nuclear power just do not wash.

Consumers in the province of Ontario (Canada) learned the hard way about the costs of nuclear power.

It should be possible to reduce the cost of nuclear power via modular standard reactor design, but governments need to provide a regulatory environment that supports timely construction of approved designs.

When asked why we need a nuclear answer to energy problems, Seitz stated: «We have more control over the cost of nuclear power.

We need to pursue technology improvements that lowers the cost of nuclear power, solar power and other renewables.