http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2005/05/nuclear_power_h.html Ever since the meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, no new nuclear plants have been licensed by the United States. However, it is now recognized that the safety measures at this plant worked, so that only a very small... en-us http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/010228.html I've long believed that if the United States really wants to move away from dependence on coal and oil as energy sources, it should consider nuclear power and a renewed effort behind the building of nuclear power plants. Gary Becker... http://www.halfsigma.com/2005/05/gary_becker_end.html There’s an excellent post by Gary Becker recommending the use of nuclear power. Gary focuses on the safery record of nuclear power, and how new technologies are making nuclear plants less expensive than they used to be. When I http://www.disinterestedparty.com/archives/2005/04/nice_try.htm John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, goes on the offensive in the Washington Post: In the current debate over the energy bill, one important factor is being all but ignored: A global renaissance in nuclear energy is... http://techpolicy.typepad.com/tpp/2005/05/uk_to_go_nuclea.html Last month I was told by one of my good contacts in UK, that after the May elections, Tony Blair was planning on pushing for nuclear power in UK. This would be, he said, Tony Blair's big, bold stand on how to proceed on climate change issue in UK. Davi... http://www.TheGlitteringEye.com/archives/001000.html Here's what's caught my eye this morning: There's quite a heated discussion going on over at Dean Esmay's place about circumcision. Beautiful Atrocities has an interesting post about the prospect of and reaction to another adaptation of the Daphne Du... http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/001535.html Several stories are worth your attention this morning. Among them: *Jim Geraghty is in London and is covering the upcoming British elections. He has keen observations of his own plus links to myriad columns, articles, and blog entries. Among the... http://www.analphilosopher.com/posts/1115051454.shtml Gary S. Becker and Richard A. Posner take up the question whether there should be more nuclear-power plants. Here is Becker's post. Here is P...]]> http://www.crumbtrail.org/mt/archives/001178.html Many previous posts have commented on the thoughtless opposition to nuclear power that has been crippling the world and filling the skies with gunk. While nuclear power has already been shown to be perfectly safe and effective opponents still...