The first definitive study of the accumulated costs of nuclear power in the United States from 1950 through 1990, delivers the bottom line for the massive goven1ment, industry and rate payer investment in commercial reactors. They take only those costs that could be fully documented and rigorously quantified. This figure does not include the almost certain escalation in future waste and decommissioning costs. It's time to stop throwing good money after bad. This report teaches us that without even counting liabilities such as accidents and waste, nuclear power has failed on economic grounds.
Nuclear power is untenably expensive . . .
It simply can't compete. This report writes the bottom line for the massive government, industry, and ratepayer investment in commercial reactors. Investments and subsidies from 1950 to 1990 are delineated, showing the remarkable excess cost of U.S. nuclear power over virtually any alternative.