Research Report
Costs of Nuclear vs. Solar: It’s No Contest
posted August 31, 2010 by Dr. Carlo Stagnaro, Daren Bakst
A study by the North Carolina Waste Awareness Network (NC WARN), an anti–nuclear power advocacy group, argues that solar power today is less expensive than nuclear power. Media have embraced this study despite its absurd conclusion and its arbitrary use of subsidies in calculating the costs of competing energy sources.