http://ecostreet.com/blog/renewable-energy/2006/06/22/nuclear-is-a-bad-deal-for-the-taxpayers/ Raising Green Consciousness since 2002 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://ecostreet.com/blog/renewable-energy/2006/06/22/nuclear-is-a-bad-deal-for-the-taxpayers/#comment-392 Kevin Carson Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:20:02 +0000 http://ecostreet.com/blog/renewable-energy/2006/06/22/nuclear-is-a-bad-deal-for-the-taxpayers/#comment-392 Not to mention other subsidies to nuclear. I don't know what the legal regime is over there, but in the U.S. the government underwrites the nuclear industry's tort liability for a catastrophic accident above a certain dollar amount, and then indemnifies them beyond a still higher amount. Add in Energy Department subsidies to the processing and disposal of fuel, and Interior Department subsidies to mining, and you've got a corporate welfare queen the size of Gilbert Grape's mom. Not to mention other subsidies to nuclear. I don’t know what the legal regime is over there, but in the U.S. the government underwrites the nuclear industry’s tort liability for a catastrophic accident above a certain dollar amount, and then indemnifies them beyond a still higher amount. Add in Energy Department subsidies to the processing and disposal of fuel, and Interior Department subsidies to mining, and you’ve got a corporate welfare queen the size of Gilbert Grape’s mom.

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