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Solar Source Institute received Licensure by the Florida Department of Education
On July 27, 2009, the FL Dept. of Education’s Commission for Independent Education (CIE) voted unanimously to approve Solar Source Institute as the State’s first stand-alone solar renewable training school.
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Taxpayers may pay for another bailout of the nuclear power industry

Proponents of nuclear power are calling for as many as 300 new plants by 2050 as a way to reduce global warming pollution. But history shows this could be a financially risky path:
  • The industry has an extremely poor record of predicting construction costs, which has led to massive overruns and the abandonment of more than 100 reactors since the 1970s. As a result, ratepayers and taxpayers have paid almost $300 billion in today's dollars for the industry's past failures.

  • The Department of Energy has already allocated $18.5 billion in loan guarantees for new nuclear plants, but the industry is asking Congress for much more.

  • The average risk of default on nuclear loan guarantees is about 50 percent. At this rate, taxpayers could lose between $360 billion (for 100 new plants) and $1.6 trillion (for 300 new plants). 
 
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