But even if nuclear power plant construction costs rise as a result of this incident, the economics of power generation still favor a mix of energy sources that include nuclear. Renewable sources of energy, like wind and solar, while recently becoming more cost-competitive to nuclear energy (thanks in part to generous government subsidies), are still unable to efficiently generate enough power to keep the lights on and fully replace nuclear power in the United States just yet.The possibility of multiple reactor core meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant has captured the world's...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/18/us_can039t_abandon_nuclear_renaissance_252218.html
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