Obama loan guarantees drive nuclear proposals in three more states

[wtmusic]

"The promise of carbon emission free electricity may be realized in three states that previously had few prospects for pursuing it.

On Feb 23 a Missouri House committee endorsed legislation that would allow utilities to charge customers for a portion of the costs of building a new nuclear power station.

On Feb 21 an Indian Senate committee gave a green light to encourage utilities to build new nuclear reactors and to recover some of the costs while the plant is being built.

In Iowa a Senate committee heard testimony from a utility executive that a small modular reactor design might make sense for the next nuclear plant in the state.

These actions come as the Obama Administration introduced a Department of Energy budget for 2012 that calls for an additional $36 billion in federal loan guarantees. At the same time, the Nuclear Energy Institute released public survey results showing 71% of people in the U.S. support use of nuclear energy in the nation’s energy portfolio."

http://theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/52641/three-more-states-weigh-nuclear-energy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

[Wilms]

1. Why not just unscrew the lightbulbs in McMansions and give grandma a bit of heating oil?

:shrug:

[wtmusic]

2. Grandma needs nuclear

for that new bigscreen TV

[miyazaki]

3. Thats right! Unless Grandma can figure out how to

make the sun shine twenty four hours a day
and the wind to blow non stop. And then we'd
still need nuclear.

[txlibdem]

4. This is one policy I'm glad Pres. Obama has adopted

The FY2011 budget also ends subsidies for fool cells.

Win and win!