In NYTimes: "The Most Expensive Technological Failure of the Modern Age"

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Nuclear power is the most expensive technological failure of the modern age. Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima top the list of its negatives. But in strict economic terms, it cannot compete. Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro and other forms of green power are cheaper, cleaner, safer, faster to build, require no federal limits on liability and create no radioactive waste. The same is true of increased efficiency and conservation. It’s time to recognize reality and leave atomic energy behind.

HARVEY WASSERMAN
Bexley, Ohio, Feb. 22, 2012

The writer is the author of “Solartopia! Our Green-Powered Earth.”