Press Mention KnoxNews February 28, 2004
SACE Quoted
Alexander touting nuclear power
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Sen. Lamar Alexander champions TVA's nuclear power program, particularly the restart of Browns Ferry Unit One reactor, as a clean energy solution. Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy counters that TVA's massive debt from nuclear plant construction and security concerns make completing more nuclear plants inadvisable, noting that over 75 percent of TVA's $24 billion debt stems from nuclear projects.
TVA's past massive debt from its incomplete or rehabilitated nuclear plants and to terrorists' interest in damaging nuclear plants as two big reasons not to complete more nuclear plants. He estimates that more than 75 percent of TVA's $24 billion debt has been caused by nuclear plant construction.
Stephen A. Smith
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