New Nuclear?
Same Problems

New Nuclear?
Same Problems

Cost overruns, delays, cancellationsCost overruns, delays, cancellations

Nuclear Fallout at the Georgia Public Service Commission 2.0

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Regarding Nuclear Moratoria Repeals:

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Should your community sign up for a Small Modular Nuclear Reactor?

The Utah Taxpayers Association strongly recommended buyers say “no” to the Idaho Falls nuclear project, and some cities that committed initially, backed out.

Look before you leap
on nuclear power.

Understand the risks you face if the nuclear industry comes calling.

Why so many communities opted out

“The risk that’s going to come is going to be on us, on the cities. And I just feel really, really uncomfortable moving forward….It just seems scary.”

– Katie Koivisto, Lehi, UT city council, Daily Herald

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Financial Risks

Who shoulders the cost?
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Escalating Costs

What will nuclear really cost?

“At this point modular nuclear power is a venture, not a product. So let private venture capital come in and pay for it, not taxpayers.”

— Rusty Cannon, President of the Utah Taxpayers Association, Deseret News

“The more I listened to the people who are in charge, the less confidence I have in it.”

— Rich Anderson,Logan, UT, Finance Director, Herald Journal

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Uncertainty and Secrecy

What do we know?

“Every nuclear project since the 1970s has had cost overruns, and the multitude fail, ultimately burdening rate- and taxpayers, and sometimes bankrupting municipalities.”

— Peter Bradford, former Nuclear Regulatory Commission member, Herald Journal