Videos

Factsheets and Reports:

• Dr. Arjun Makhijani Report Regarding Japanese Reactors
  IEER March, 2011
• Fact Sheet On Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
  March, 2011
• Download CPS South Texas Project Investigation Report
  Dec. 2009
• Audit of NRC's Quality Assurance Planning for New Reactors; Office of the Inspector General, NRC
  Nov. 16,2009
• Our Safer, More Affordable Energy Plan 11/2009
• Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees for New Reactors to Companies in MD,
  SC, GA and TX are a Risky Venture Lacking Accountability, Must be Halted
  Oct. 2009
• NRC Reveals AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Design Problems,
  DOE Must Halt Issuance of Conditional Loan Guarantees to Utilities Pursuing AP1000
  Oct. 19, 2009
• Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Reactors Should Not be Issued Statement
• Hondo City Resolution - 10/13/2009
  
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• San Antonio's Energy Future - What Could You Buy for $2.6 Billion? 10/19/09
• Nuclear is Not the Answer
• CPS - Vision 2020 and Beyond
  Presentation to the CPS Energy Board, Sustainable Growth Office, October 5, 2009
• Using a gift of ten years; Planning CPS Energy's Future
  Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
  San Antonio Presentation September 15, 2009
  
• False Promises
  Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda
  Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)
  Download report
• Letter to San Antonio Chamber of Commerce detailing the financial risks of CPS' nuclear proposal
• Energy Efficiency Versus Nuclear
• What's Wrong with Nukes Factsheet
• South Texas Nuclear Project - The Record
  History of the Troubled Project
• STP Units 3 & 4 - What is Proposed
• Water Quality and Quantity Impacts from Proposed South Texas Plant Expansion
  Lauren Ross, Ph. D., P. E. - April 2009
• San Antonio's Energy Efficiency Potential
  Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D. - Oct. 2008
• Response to CPS Energy's Presentation from June 29, 2009
  July 15,2009
• Nukes are Not Green
• How Much Will a New Nuclear Plant Cost? Who are We Supposed to Believe
• South Texas Project:; 8 years late, 6 times over budget
• South Texas Project's Water Use

Cost Reports

• The Economics of Nuclear Reactors: Renaissance or Relapse?
  Mark Cooper, Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis Institute for Energy and the Environment Vermont Law School
  June 2009
• Business Risks and Costs of Nuclear Power
  Craig A. Severance, CPA co-author of The Economics of Nuclear and Coal Power (Praeger 1976), and former Assistant to the Chairman and to Commerce Counsel, Iowa State Commerce Commission. His Practice is in Grand Junction, CO
  January, 2009
• Costs of Current and Planned Nuclear Power Plants in Texas; A Consumer Perspective
  Clarence Johnson for Public Citizen, Texas Office
  Former Director of Regulatory Analysis for the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel until 2008.
  2009
• Assessing Nuclear Plant Capital Costs for the Two Proposed NRG Reactors at the South Texas Project Site
  Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
  March 24, 2008
• New Nuclear Generation: Ratings Pressure Increasing
  Moody's Global
  June, 2009
• The High Cost of Nuclear Power; Why America Should Choose a Clean Energy Future Over New Nuclear Reactors
  TexPIRG
  Travis Madsen, Frontier Group
  Johanna Newmann, Maryland PIRG Foundation
  Emily Rusch, CalPIRG Education Fund
  March 2009

Mark Cooper Webinar:
• All Risk, No Reward
  Why Munis and Coops Should Not Subsidize The Nuclear Renaissance
  Mark Cooper, Ph.D.
  Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis, Institute for Energy and the Environment Law School
• CPS is Betting The Farm on STNP Expansion
  An Analysis of the Choices Facing San Antonio
  Mark Cooper, Ph.D.
  
• The Economics of Nuclear Reactors Renaissance or Relapse?
  Mark Cooper, Ph.D.
  Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis, Institute for Energy and the Environment Law School
  June 2009