On 27 Jul 2004 08:51:18 -0700, jim rozen wrote:
In article , Gary Coffman says...

Politics and PR are a problem for the future, since no new plants
are being built because of anti-nuclear hysteria, but that isn't a
problem with respect to the economic viability of existing plant.
With essentially no fuel costs, they are cheap to operate.

The fuel is however, taxpayer subsidised. It has to come from
somewhere.

Actually, it isn't. The enrichment plants are owned by the government,
but the government doesn't sell the enriched product to the fuel rod
packagers below cost. The fuel rod packagers are private companies,
and they don't sell to the power companies at a loss either.

Gary