Where the reactors are - U.S., Midwest
About the Prairie Island reactors
How a pressurized water nuclear reactor works - part I
How a pressurized water nuclear reactor works - part II
Northern States Power sues Westinghouse over faulty tubes
Problems with Steam Generator Tubes (Part I)
Problems with Steam Generator Tubes (Part II)
A nightmare confirmed: steam tube degradation is increasingly likely to cause a nuclear meltdown (Part I)
A nightmare confirmed: steam tube degradation is increasingly likely to cause a nuclear meltdown (Part II)
Chernobyl to Prairie Island - We are all in the zone (Part I)
Chernobyl to Prairie Island - We are all in the zone (Part II)
Prairie Island routinely emits radioactivity into the environment
A little lesson on radioactivity: how it affects the human body
The difference between high-level and low-level radiation exposure
The effects of low-level radiation exposure
The waste fuel pools are filling up
Dry cask storage: problems guaranteed, and problems unknown
Yucca Mountain, Nevada: not a good place for nuclear waste
Transporting the waste: how safe can 45,000 shipments be?
Most mining and milling of uranium occurs on Indian lands
People of color are also targeted for other uranium processing facilities
Nuclear waste dumps - guess where they want to put them
Anything is cheap if you don't pay the cost
Nuclear power can be phased out
An interview with two of the neighbors
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Bad Nuclear Economics
Anything is Cheap If You Don't Pay the Cost
Anything is cheap if you don't pay the cost. Nuclear power cannot pay its own liability insurance. Taxpayers, not private money, developed nuclear technology.
Nuclear waste management costs are incalculably high but hardly assessed. Public health and environment costs are not counted. If these costs were counted, energy consumers could not afford nuclear power.
Across the continent, many reactors have already been shut down because of maintenance costs and liabilities.
Between August 1996 and March 1998, five reactors have permanently shut down: Big Rock Point in Northern Michigan, Haddam Neck in Connecticut, and Maine Yankee, Zion 1 and Zion 2 in Illinois.
Across the border, Ontario Hydro announced the closing of seven nuclear plants.