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100 mSv per year comment here: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NRC-2015-0057

Commenter Pia Jensen points out that Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D., UCLA states: “The costs of complying with these LNT-based regulations are enormous.”

This raises the question of costs to whom? Who benefits? Who pays in each instance What are the costs of one extra cancer for the entire population? Who will pay for that? https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/usnrc-value-of-death-update-all-tricks-no-value-of-life-no-medical-care-or-caregiver-costs/

Richardson et. al.’s (Oct. 2015) study of nuclear workers in the US, UK, France, which came out after Pia Jensen’s comment (below) was submitted, leads to an estimate of approximately 100 additional cancers per 100 people after only 10 years of 100 mSv per year exposure. (see links below comment). BEIR VII (2005) estimates for 100 mSv are an average of 80 per 100 extra cancers, over a life time, and 100 per 100 for women, well actually 101,900 per 100,000 women (see BEIR p…

“The G20 countries spend almost four times as much to prop up fossil fuel production as they do to subsidize renewable energy, calling into question their commitment to halting climate change, a think tank said.

“The G20 spent an average $78 billion on national subsidies delivered through direct spending and tax breaks in 2013 and 2014, according to a report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).

“View of smokestacks, about 200m (656 feet) high, at a thermal power plant in Inchon, west of Seoul, Feb. 1, 2007.  Credit: Reuters

“A further $286 billion was invested in fossil fuel production by G20 state-owned enterprises. Related public finance was estimated to average a further $88 billion a year.”  From: www.climatecentral.org

GR:  The energy industry control of government policy and spending will make enforcement of any emissions pledges difficult to enforce.  The writing is on the wall, however, and some investors will switch…

World:

¶ Sri Lanka will build a final large scale hydro power plant at an estimated cost of $60 million, the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy said. The proposed hydro power plant will be constructed on the Seethawaka River and will add 20 MW to the national grid. The project will be developed as a mini-hydro plant. [Colombo Page]

View of the Randenigala Dam and its spillways from downstream. Rantembe, Sri Lanka. Photo by Rehman Abubakr. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons.

¶ Portugal’s EDP and Spain’s Gestamp Wind were among the companies awarded contracts to build and operate wind farms in Brazil. The contracts were for 20 wind farms with a combined capacity of 929.3 MW, and 33 solar plants with a combined capacity of 548.2 MW. All must be operational within two years. [Latin American Herald Tribune]

¶ Britain will no longer pursue green…