The Nuclear Skeptic
@nuclearcosts.bsky.social
A project of: Georgians for Affordable Energy, HEAL Utah, Snake River Alliance, and other organizations committed to ensuring a safe, affordable energy future.
“Vogtle nuclear plant, which took 15 yrs to build and cost $35.8 billion—more than 2x its projected timeline and budget—is the clearest example of this. The GA PSC approved passing most of those overruns directly onto customers, meaning investors were protected while Georgians absorbed the mistake.”
Data centers didn't jack up your bill—utility greed did | Opinion
Data centers didn't break the grid—A regulatory model that rewards building over optimizing did.
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Our bills are enormous in large part due to Plant Vogtle, which is now the most expensive power plant ever built on Earth. It's obscene. During the ribbon cutting ceremony PSC Commissioners and state executives ate cake in the shape of Plant Vogtle. I hope it was good. They lost their jobs.
Happy anniversary to Georgians paying big Georgia Power bills: three years ago today Georgia Power raised residential and small business rates 7.8% to begin paying for Plant Vogtle reactor unit 3. One regulator was so moved that he wrote an essay about his feelings. www.powermag.com/blog/a-star-...
A Star Is Born, as Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Enters Service
A Star Is Born, as Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Enters Service
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The NRC has denied requests to extend the 45-day comment period on its dreadful radiation rule by the Health Physics Society (over 2000 members); AFL-CIO (nearly 15 million members); and the state of Connecticut (population 3.7 million). It does not care about the what the public has to say.
“They want to bring in the data center, they want to bring in the reactors, and they want to bring in the largest power gas facility,” lifelong Pike County resident Vina Colley said. “We don’t want any of it.”
‘We’re dying:’ Pike County residents balance new nuclear jobs with past radiation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Pike County has one of Ohio’s highest rates of unemployment and of cancer. Some residents can’t justify the 2,000 incoming nuclear jobs. “They want to brin…
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Stephanie Ruhle breaks down how Trump's family and allies could benefit if his big bet on nuclear power pays off. This comes as the New York Times reports the president is offering Saudi Arabia access to American nuclear technology. #Trump #politics #SaudiArabia #nuclear #IsThisWhiteHouseForSale
You hear that, Utah, Tennessee, Idaho, Louisiana, and Oklahoma? Trump wants to dump ☢️ waste in your backyard in perpetuity. financialpost.com/pmn/business...
Nuclear Waste Could be Headed to Five States in New US Plan
Tennessee, Utah and three other US states are offering to take atomic waste in exchange for federal government help in spurring development of the long-dormant dome…
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NUCLEAR CASH President Trump, his family and his circle of advisers have monetized crypto, the predictions markets, the data center boom & rare-earths mining. Now they are seeing there's money to be made in a new vector: The nuclear industry. The NYT takes a look www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
Trump Is Pushing Nuclear Energy, Including Saudi Deal. His Family and Supporters Could Benefit. (Gift Article)
In some cases, no direct line can be drawn from the president’s domestic nuclear agenda to his family or close allies. But they have overlapping business ties that could position them for gains.
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This is so crazy and irresponsible given the Iran war is due entirely to the secret development of nuclear weapons under the guise of civilian nuclear energy. Trump approves U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear energy agreement abcnews.com/Internationa...
Trump approves US-Saudi civil nuclear energy agreement, officials say
President Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia to partner on developing the Kingdom's civil nuclear energy program, according to two U.S. officials.
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NRC's “robust regulatory regime” claim is challenged by Beyond Nuclear v. NRC. Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club, argue that NRC unlawfully made generic environmental conclusions despite alleged gaps involving aging-related risk, severe accidents, and climate-change effects.
NRC Targets Faster Nuclear Licensing With NEPA Streamlining Proposal
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a major rewrite of its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules, opening yet another front in
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Nuclear power reactors have shut down multiple times during heatwaves, especially in Europe. This heatwave is no exception.
Swiss nuclear plant shut down due to heatwave
The reactors at Europe’s oldest nuclear plant were shut down Friday, its Swiss operator said, after the heatwave roasting Europe sent temperatures soaring in the river used for cooling.
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“The test reactors might be working, @nucsafetyucs.bsky.social said, ‘but that should not be confused with anything related to a nuclear power reactor that's capable of producing electricity in a stable and safe way.’” #EnergySky
Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line
A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised.
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"The core driver of this massive atomic push is the AI bubble, allowing speculative tech companies with little to no experience building nuclear power plants to assume huge amounts of debt, set aside climate goals, and drive the electricity grid to the brink of collapse."
Experts Plea To Congress: Beware of Fed and Big Tech’s Costly Nuclear Power Push - Nuclear Costs
By The Nuclear Skeptic The artificial intelligence bubble is starving for electricity so big tech is teaming up with the administration to “Make America Nuclear Again” – an unaffordable, dangerous all...
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Money down the drain. The only US nuclear reactors built in the last 30 years took 17 and 18 years from planning to operation and cost $16/W vs $1/W for wind/solar, which take 1-3 years. Trump administration announces $17.5b in loans for 10 large nuclear reactors apnews.com/article/nucl...
Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors
The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.
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Silicon Valley Is Funding a Nuclear (grifting) Renaissance (with your retirement savings) 😎 FTFY @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley is funding a nuclear renaissance
Technology companies are investing in solutions to bring green power to the grid to fund their artificial intelligence endeavors.
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Hard to fathom why NY wants to push ahead with nuclear when their own analyses, just released, show huge risks & costs to both tax payers & rate payers. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
NY energy officials just laid out our nuclear options. Here are 7 takeaways
New reactors could come to Central New York, but who bears the risk of cost overruns?
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I repeat for any nuclear-curious climate folk🔉 New nuclear power is a fossil fuel delay tactic. Exhibit #173 Thanks @elizouzts.bsky.social for spotlighting this non-sense in NC! www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
North Carolina bill would prop up coal until new nuclear is approved
The Republican-backed House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, which could rein in some data center costs but extend the life of costly old coal plants.
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Cutting corners with experimental nuclear reactors? ☢️ What could go wrong? morningoverview.com/the-energy-d...
The Energy Department is pushing to bring at least three privately built reactors to criticality outside its national labs by July 4 – Morning Overview
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Plant Vogtle cost Georgia Power $36.8 billion. Because of its delayed construction and cost overruns, Georgia Power customers are paying for a remaining balance of $7.56 billion. Georgia's PSC approved this decision, and it will be on GA Power bills for the next 60-70 years.
Trump wants to side-step the law to fast-track experimental nuclear ☢️ reactors across the U.S. @beyondnuclear.bsky.social's Linda Pentz Gunter explains the danger behind Trump's latest corrupt gambit 👇 nuclearcosts.org/breaking-nuc...
Troubling revelations about TerraPower -- the company founded by Bill Gates that is taking billions in taxpayer funds to pay for a dangerous sodium-cooled fast reactor. Alleges Gates had an affair with a Russian physicist with connections to the company. www.wsj.com/business/bil...
Bill Gates Spent Years Crafting His Image. Now It’s Cracking.
The billionaire philanthropist was once ranked the world’s most admired man—but the revelations of his Jeffrey Epstein ties are eroding efforts to burnish his reputation.
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Trump wants to side-step the law to fast-track experimental nuclear ☢️ reactors across the U.S. @beyondnuclear.bsky.social's Linda Pentz Gunter explains the danger behind Trump's latest corrupt gambit 👇 nuclearcosts.org/breaking-nuc...
A MUST read 👇 www.capitolhillcitizen.com/2026/05/27/t...
The Big Tech Campaign to Fast Track Nuke Energy. Senators Whitehouse and Booker Take the Lead in Congress - Capitol Hill Citizen
By Peter Castagno (This article was originally published on the front page of the May/June 2026 print edition of the Capitol Hill Citizen newspaper. To get a copy of the print newspaper, go to capitol...
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A candle in the wind of hot air. Utah Office of Energy Development ran a laugh-out-loud ad claiming "Nuclear Energy Is Cleaner Than A Candle." Patty Durand points out the obvious fallacies -- and worse -- of such insulting trivialization. @nuclearcosts.bsky.social nuclearcosts.org/utahs-nuclea...
A candle in the wind ☢️💨 Utah wants to follow in the footsteps of Georgia's Plant Vogtle. @pattydurand.bsky.social explains why that's an awful idea 👇 nuclearcosts.org/utahs-nuclea...
Utah’s Nuclear Gambit: a Candle in the Wind – Nuclear Costs
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"Nuclear power plants are becoming targets of war." www.salon.com/2026/05/21/a...
AI data center push is fueling new nuclear threat
Countries around the world are racing to deploy nuclear technology — and potentially making themselves targets
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Nuclear power is nothing but a fossil fuel delay tactic. We have the affordable solution to our future energy needs: solar, wind, hydro and storage But that doesn’t work for their business model. No surprise the company on the other side of this “deal” is Dow Chemical.
Canary Media Inc.@canarymedia.com · 3mo agoX-energy’s first reactor project has taken a big step forward with a key environmental approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
