Nuclear Power

Greenpeace says:
Do you know all you should about nuclear reactors in the U.S.? There are currently 104 operating reactors in the continental U.S. There hasn't been a reactor ordered and subsequently completed since 1973. They were promoted as a cheap energy source - "too cheap to meter" - but have proven the most expensive energy source ever explored. The last reactor to come on line in 1996 cost over 8 billion dollars and took 23 years to complete. Meanwhile the nuclear industry had already experienced a $100 billion cost overrun for the first 75 reactors built in the U.S. Add to this the problems of waste disposal and accident and terrorist threats and you have to wonder why the Bush Administration is dead set on pushing them onto an unsuspecting public. Companies currently investing in new nuclear power plants include, Exelon, Dominion, and Entergy.

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The 104 produce a total of 97,400 megawatts (electric), which is approximately 20% of the nation's total electric energy consumption.