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Jim Yanik wrote:
Kurt Ullman wrote in news:kurtullman-
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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.

No, it was the first new _application_ filed for a license. The
"streamlined" process of review is expected to take 4 years or so before
the issuing of an actual construction license.

TVA was the filing utility for a unit at the existing Bellefonte site in
AL (where there's a 1000 MWe abandoned unit at greater than 95%
complete, quit work on in the "upgrade mania" after TMI owing to
unconstrained cost growth).

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