In the Sept. 2008 issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
“2008 World Nuclear Industry Status Report: Global Nuclear Power”,
an independent nuclear analyst reports
on the status and difficulties
facing nuclear power production globally.
The first report in the series
addresses three key areas of concern;
limited industrial capacity,
skilled worker shortage, and skeptical
financial markets.
See link: 2008 world nuclear industry status report
Nuclear Power Is Not A Renewable Energy Source Ruling
On October 3rd 2008, the Florida Public Service Commission ruled
against Florida, Power and Light’s effort to include nuclear energy as a
renewable energy source. The commission relied instead on the
definition of “renewable energy” which include hydrogen, biomass,
solar, geothermal, wind, ocean, hydroelectric and waste heat as
renewable
energy sources. The Florida PSC has until February to
come up with standards investor-owned facilities, such as Florida
Power and Light (FPL) to supply a certain
percentage of their retail
energy from renewable sources. Currently
FPL produces no renewable
energy in Florida.
Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free- A Roadmap for US Energy Policy
Presented by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
A joint project of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research –which lays out the reasoning and framework for a zero CO2 emission economy as early as technically and economically practical, without resorting to nuclear power. Executive Summary
Forget Nuclear
"If we’re serious about addressing climate change, we must
invest resources wisely to expand and accelerate climate protection.
Because nuclear power is costly and slow to build, buying more
of it rather than of its cheaper, swifter rivals will instead reduce
and retard climate protection".
excerpt from Forgot Nuclear by Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins at the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) see:
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid467.php
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