[R-G] $544 Billion in Subsidies for Nuclear Industry

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Institute for Public Accuracy
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       Monday, June 2, 2008

       $544 Billion in Subsidies for Nuclear Industry

       Interviews Available

KARL GROSSMAN, (631) 725-2858,  kgrossman at hamptons.com,
http://www.envirovideo.com

  Grossman just wrote the piece "Half-Trillion Dollars for Nukes!"
which states: "With Wall Street unwilling to finance new nuclear
plants, U.S. Senators Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and John Warner
of Virginia have cooked up a scheme to provide $544 billion -- yes,
with a 'b' -- in subsidies for new nuclear power plant development.

  "Their move will be debated on the floor of the Senate Tuesday, June 3.

  "A Lieberman aide describes the plan as 'the most historic incentive
for nuclear in the history of the United States.'

  "The Lieberman-Warner scheme is cloaked in a climate change bill --
the claim being that nuclear power plants don't emit greenhouse gases
and thus don't contribute to global warming. However, the overall
'nuclear cycle' --  which includes mining, milling, fuel enrichment
and fabrication, and reprocessing -- has significant greenhouse gas
emissions that do contribute to global warming."
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/29/9268

  Grossman is a professor of journalism at the State University of New
York/College at Old Westbury, author of several books on nuclear
technology and host of the nationally syndicated TV program Enviro
Close-Up.

For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020, (202) 421-6858; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
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Yoshie
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