Letter: NuScale nuclear power is too risky

NuScale’s nuclear power project is too much of a financial and environmental risk when there are cleaner energy alternatives.Not only will NuScale’s virtually untested nuclear technology be an estimated 40% more costly than renewable energy portfolios, the project in Idaho Falls, Idaho, will also likely go exceedingly over budget.Many recent nuclear projects nationwide have resulted in extreme cost overruns and project cancellations, the burden of which has often fallen on ratepayers