the environmental cost of mining in the desert

[Sal]

http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/05/s ... er-plants/

The staggering cost of new nuclear power
A new study puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour — triple current U.S. electricity rates!

This staggering price is far higher than the cost of a variety of carbon-free renewable power sources available today — and ten times the cost of energy efficiency

[Dan]

"Nuclear energy is, in many places, competitive with fossil fuel for electricity generation, despite relatively high capital costs and the need to internalise all waste disposal and decommissioning costs. If the social, health and environmental costs of fossil fuels are also taken into account, nuclear is outstanding."

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf02.html