High Costs, Waste Issues Stall Nuclear Renaissance

Depending upon which side of the fence you areif I build a new plant without knowing what
sitting, the nuclear renaissance is either in fullthey’re going to do with the spent
blossom or an arid landscape. The new uraniumfuel.” Exelon is the largest owner of
miners – Paladin Resources, UrAsia andnuclear power plants in the United States.
SXR Uranium One – celebrate the recordIn a September 19th article, we interviewed
spot and long-term uranium price. Exelon CorpSteven Kraft, Nuclear Energy Institute Director
Chief Executive John Rowe is less sanguine, basedfor Used Fuel Management. Mr. Kraft hinted the
upon comments he made this past Friday,stalls around the nuclear renaissance in the United
“The government may have fooled meStates would revolve around the spent fuel
on 17 reactors that I currently run, butdepository issue. What happens with the 40,000
I’m the one who’s being foolishmetric tons of used nuclear reactor fuel?