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Nuclear Power Needs Realism, Freedom

Decades of subsidies, regulation, and unmet promises have left nuclear power costly and uncompetitive.
Nuclear Power Needs Realism, Freedom
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Robert Bradley
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What U.S. industry is the most subsidized and regulated by the federal government? If you answered nuclear power, you are correct.

Robert Bradley
Robert Bradley
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Robert L. Bradley Jr. is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research and a senior fellow of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). He is author of eight books on energy history and public policy and blogs at MasterResource. Bradley received a B.A. in economics from Rollins College, an M.A. in economics from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. in political economy from International College. He has been a Schultz Fellow for Economic Research and Liberty Fund Fellow for Economic Research, and in 2002 he received the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award for his work on energy and sustainable development.