Kurt Ullman wrote in news:kurtullman-
:


I think now is not likely. Even if we magically licensed a nuke
plant tomorrow, it would still take 2-3 years to build it and bring it
online. We would probably be hard pressed to take a current plant off
line because of growth in demand in the interim. And that 2-3 year
thing ain't gonna happen since we aren't going to magically license nuke
plants any time soon. Heck just the enviornmental impact statement can
take a year or so to put together, let alone argue.

there was something in the news recently about the 1st new license being
issued for a new nucelar power plant.
IIRC,they have streamlined the process considerably.

also,that new pebble-bed reactor technology really looks promising.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net