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• The Heritage Foundation on The Costs of Energy

  Our friends over at the Heritage Foundation have been developing quite an interesting portfolio of papers about nuclear energy over the last few months. Their latest is called Critics of Nuclear Power's Costs Miss the Point and addresses the relative costs of nuclear power and its pals in the renewable Club of Heroes, solar and wind. Writers Jack Spencer and Nick Loris make points we've made... Posted Jun 20 2008, 10:08 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Heritage Foundation

• The Heritage Foundation on Lieberman-Warner

  In general, we find Heritage Foundation documents to be well researched with a heavy overlay of conservative ideology, a combination that can be sometimes be useful for providing a philosophical framework but sometimes toxic to a full appreciation of a topic. (We hasten to add that it is not the conservative basis that creates problems but the ideological determinism - any ideology can warp an argument... Posted Jun 03 2008, 02:07 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Heritage Foundation

• March 7 discussion on "Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance" hosted by the Heritage Foundation

  On March 7, the Heritage Foundation will be hosting a discussion: " Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance: Assessing the Safety and Viability of a Vital National Asset ." Speakers include: Edward Sproat III (US DOE Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management ) And panel discussions with: Mark Peters ( Argonne National Laboratory Deputy to the Associate Laboratory Director... Posted Mar 04 2008, 10:34 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Yucca, Heritage Foundation