KCUR: Missouri residents would pay for utilities to build nuclear power plants under bill passed by House The bill would allow utility companies in Missouri to include the cost of building nuclear plants in their rates for customers. Despite opposition from Democrats who say nuclear power is dangerous and ... Missouri residents would pay for utilities to build nuclear power plants under bill passed by House Scientific American: Why bombing Iran’s nuclear power plant could cause an environmental disaster Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, causing environmental calamity and threatening drinking-water supplies for millio ...

Understanding the Context

But senators voted this week to ban the financing mechanism from being used to build nuclear power plants, which often take much longer. The amendment to ban CWIP was attached to a larger energy bill ...