Reports

• Subsidies for nuclear power in the UK government's proposals for electricity market reform 1 - this report by Energy Fair describes how the UK government's proposals for electricity market reform add up to a huge new raft of subsidies for nuclear power. "The Energy and Climate Change Committee, amongst others, has said that the proposals have the effect of introducing new subsidies for nuclear power. The purpose of this document is to examine the new proposals to identify and describe those parts of the proposals that have the effect of creating new subsidies for nuclear power.". The 13-page report is available as a PDF.
• Nuclear Subsidies - Energy Fair reviews the scale and structure of subsidies to the nuclear industry. "The purpose of this report, prepared by the Energy Fair group, is to highlight the several subsidies for nuclear power, many of which are hidden from view. As detailed later, calculations by actuarial specialists show that withdrawal of just one of those subsidies (limitations on liabilities) would increase the price of nuclear electricity to levels that would make it entirely uncompetitive ...". Updated September 2011.
• The Case Against Nuclear Power - Gordon Taylor makes the case against nuclear power, based on the serious and irremediable dangers inherent in fission technology. Published 6 June 2011. Available as HTML / PDF.