> Nuclear power plants are a better alternative to
> coal power plants ...
I'm not so sure everyone (including Amory Lovins (a genius ;-) and the capital markets) agrees with you.
You could put it on a bumper sticker: Forget Nuclear.
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http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/E08-04_ForgetNuclear This non-technical summary article compares the cost, climate protection potential, reliability, financial risk, market success, deployment speed, and energy contribution of new nuclear power with those of its low- or no-carbon competitors. It explains why soaring taxpayer subsidies aren't attracting investors. Capitalists instead favor climate-protecting competitors with less cost, construction time, and financial risk. The nuclear industry claims it has no serious rivals, let alone those competitors-which, however, already outproduce nuclear power worldwide and are growing enormously faster.