Sen. Reid also suggested that an even more insidious bill--one to establish a Clean Energy Development Administration--may also soon reach the Senate floor. This bill has not yet even been introduced; but past versions essentially allowed unlimited taxpayer loans for new reactor construction. This bill could run into problems in the Senate Energy Committee--its sponsors have not figured out how to pay for the bill--but if it is introduced and begins to move, as Sen. Reid implied, we will let you know.
Meanwhile, today Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released a letter he sent to the Office of Management and Budget demanding answers to several questions regarding loan guarantees for new reactors and whether the risk to taxpayers given the Fukushima accident is being adequately considered.
In other news, our colleagues at WISE-Amsterdam and the Laka Foundation have published a beautiful new full-color book, Radiating Posters, that is essentially a history of the anti-nuclear movement through its amazing poster art over the past decades. You can order it through the NIRS store here, or send a check for $35 to NIRS, 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912. Amount includes handing and priority mail postage.Don't forget our ongoing campaigns to stop all taxpayer subsidies for nuclear power--especially nuclear loan guarantees and to close the 23 U.S. General Electric Mark I reactors that failed so catastrophically at Fukushima.
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Michael Mariotte
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