Veronique de Rugy, of George Mason University’s Mercatus Institute, debunks claims about inexpensive energy from nuclear power. It’s expensive, and often relies on state subsidies.
Disclosure: It’s true that, in 2008, I advocated building a nuclear reactor on the site of our current municipal building. See, Go Nuclear! and Update: Go Nuclear! I will concede that I lack de Rugy’s knowledge about the general costs of nuclear power; I am sure that, whatever those costs, she’d concede that a reactor would be a specific social and economic gain over the current use of the building.