NUCLEAR ECONOMICS

Nuclear Reactor 4.2 - 4.5 cents/KWH

Natural Gas Combined Cycle Turbine 5.1 - 6.2 cents/KWH

If the United States had the same mix of electric power generation as does France, an assumed one cent per KWH saving would translate into a savings of $15 billion per year. (This assumes 20% nuclear now for the U.S. increased to 70%, 70% nuclear for France, and 3 trillion KWH per year for the U.S.) Over the average lifetime of an American, that comes to about one trillion dollars. This saving is apparently insignificant to us, since United States taxpayers will pay more than that amount in 1994 alone to buy toys and job security for the current crop of clowns in Washington. As Bunker Hunt remarked, a billion dollars just doesn't buy much any more. Maybe we can sell the fact that nuclear power is safer and less polluting.