[p2p-research] "Nuclear decline set to continue, says report, " by Nuclear Engineering International

[Michel Bauwens]

yes it is surprising as there is indeed a perception of a come back ... but
all recent attempts of the last dozen years seem to be failing quite
systematically ... seems Amory Lovins got it right about it being
uneconomical,

Michel

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What you include below surprises me.  I would have predicted the opposite.
> One needs to make special note of futurism projections that come out flat
> wrong.  In this case, I am certainly so.
>
> Ryan
>
>   On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Michel Bauwens <
> michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   From the news release, "Nuclear decline set to continue, says report<http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=2053966>,"
>> by Nuclear Engineering International:
>>
>> Nuclear will continue to decline according to a new report. At this point
>> there is no obvious sign that the international nuclear industry could turn
>> the decline into a promising future, it says. ...
>>
>> The report says that there seems to be a “widening gap” between the
>> industrial reality with its current trends and the "perception of some sort
>> of nuclear renaissance”.
>>
>> From the report:
>>
>> The flagship EPR project at Olkiluoto in Finland, managed by the largest
>> nuclear builder in the world, AREVA NP, has turned into a financial fiasco.
>> The project is more than three years behind schedule and at least 55% over
>> budget, reaching a total cost estimate of €5 billion ($7 billion) or close
>> to €3,100 ($4,400) per kilowatt.
>>
>> There are numerous ways by which governments have organized or tolerated
>> subsidies to nuclear power. They range from direct or guaranteed government
>> loans to publicly funded research and development (R&D). Direct ownership of
>> subsidized nuclear fuel chain facilities, government funded nuclear
>> decommissioning and waste management, generous limited liability for
>> accidents and the transfer of capital costs to ratepayers via stranded cost
>> rules or special rate-basing allowances are all common in many countries.
>>
>>
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