Nuclear Power Talking Points

When talking with legislators, we hear over and over again that nuclear power is cheap and that the waste problem has been solved.  Both statements are utterly untrue.  But when the truth isn't enough, below are a few resources that detail how new nuclear power will cost in the range of 18-30 cents/kilowatt-hour, up to quadruple what Utahns pay today, and how not even France has solved its nuclear waste problem:

HEAL Utah’s SB 42 factsheet
“Prices are rising,” EnergyBiz, May/June 2008
Severance, Craig. “Business risks and costs of new nuclear power,” January 2009
“France’s nuclear fix?” Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, January 2008, p. 5