The Obama administration has approved a $8 billion loan guarantee to support the construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia. If the project goes forward, the plants would be the first built in the United States since the 1970s.
The 2005 Energy Policy Act authorized $18.5 billion in loan guarantees, but none have been issued until now. President Obama has proposed tripling that amount to expand nuclear power as a way to control greenhouse gas emissions and bolster domestic energy production.
Does the need for new sources of low-carbon energy now outweigh the costs and risks associated with nuclear power?
Samuel Thernstrom, American Enterprise Institute
Robert Hahn and Peter Passell, regulation2point0.org
Ellen Vancko, Union of Concerned Scientists
Peter van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Cato Institute
Christopher Paine, Natural Resources Defense Council
Denis Du Bois, Energy Priorities Magazine
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/a-comeback-for-nuclear-power/?scp=4&sq=nuclear%20energy&st=cse
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