On May 1, he cited figures from the Utility Data Institute to prove it. Add this and O'Reilly's cheap-power theory crumbles. If O'Reilly had the interests of ordinary Americans in mind, he'd reject nuclear power. No private company will insure reactors, so Congress has made taxpayers liable for the worst disasters. Federal regulators found half of the nuclear plants tested were vulnerable to terrorist attack or sabotage.
Taxpayers shoulder the cost of storing the nuclear industry's waste.
Serious concerns remain about the safety of the government's Nevada dumpsite, now under construction. If it ever opens, highly radioactive waste will travel our highways and byways to get there, putting millions of Americans at risk. Building new nukes will siphon investment away from energy efficiency and renewable power projects, which lower consumer energy bills, create more jobs per dollar invested, and have none of the risks of nuclear power. But ignoring facts like these amounts to nuclear-industry spin. It betrays the ordinary Americans O'Reilly purports to champion.