Key Issues
New Nuclear Plants: Policy Briefs
Financing New Nuclear Power Plants
This policy brief details the importance of the federal loan guarantee program for the financing of new nuclear power plants. It describes how the program assists new-plant projects without providing government subsidies. Project developers are required to pay the cost of the loan guarantee, as well as the full cost of administering the program.
Nuclear Power 2010: A Key Building Block for New Nuclear Power Plants
This fact sheet details the Nuclear Power 2010 program to encourage the construction of new nuclear power plants by providing cost-sharing to test the new reactor licensing process established by the Energy Policy Act of 2002.