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Compete or suckle: Should troubled nuclear reactors be subsidized?

  • Written by Peter Bradford, Adjunct Professor, Vermont Law School
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Today we offer two expert perspectives on subsidizing nuclear power. Here’s the argument against providing economic support.

Since the 1950s, U.S. nuclear power has commanded immense taxpayer and customer subsidy based on promises of economic and environmental benefits. Many of...

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