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.
January 30, 2009
Nuclear power plants produce nearly 20 percent of U.S. electricity and are essential to helping meet growing demand for electricity and preserving the technology diversity that is the strength of the U.S. electric supply system.
June 18, 2009
This policy brief 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.
August 19, 2009