On 29 Jun 2008 02:23:50 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in
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"Dan Musicant" wrote in message

Nuclear? Clean safe and practical? Huh? Ask people in Eastern Europe
about Chernobyl.


If you knew the difference between that plant design and any US plant,
you'd not make such statements.


well,that's the sum of environuts arguments concerning nuclear power;
create fear,misinformation,distrust,outright lie.....all based on FEELINGS
and not real information.

Hi Jim,

Perhaps if the nuclear industry paid more attention to winning over
the hearts and minds of the financial sector rather than pointing
fingers at so-called "environuts" they could move forward. Of course,
there's always the tax payer:

"....So risky and expensive, in fact, that building new ones won't
happen without hefty government support. NRG Energy (NRG), Dominion
(D), Duke Energy (DUK), and six other companies have already leaped to
file applications to construct and operate new plants largely because
of incentives Congress has put in place. The subsidies include a 1.8
cents tax credit for each kilowatt hour of electricity produced, which
could be worth more than $140 million per reactor per year; a $500
million payout for each of the first two plants built (and $250
million each for the next four) if there are delays for reasons
outside company control; and a total of $18.5 billion in loan
guarantees. The latter is crucial, since it shifts the risk onto the
federal government, making it possible to raise capital from skittish
banks. "Without the loan guarantees, I think it would be very
difficult for the first wave of plants to move forward," says David W.
Crane, CEO of NRG...."

See:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine... e_top+stories

Ever wonder if those pinko hair-shirt environuts are in bed with the
evil capitalist pigs? ;-)

Cheers,
Paul