John Gilmer wrote:
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Unless a decision is taken to "package" nuke plants so that most of the
components can be manufacturered off site, a "one size fits all" design just
will not work.

Major plant components have always been manufactured offsite -- it would
be pretty difficult to conceive of building a pressure vessel or steam
generator anywhere except in a facility equipped to do so.

OTOH, it would be inconceivable to think you could build a containment
building and somehow ship it to be erected on site.

The historic time delays were _not_ owing to either construction nor
design; there were virtually all caused by a combination of changing
licensing requirements _during_ construction and/or obstructionist
intervention raising every red herring known to man and inventing new
ones when those failed.

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Maybe the nuke solution is to locate some VERY good sites for plants and
concentrate the plants there. "What if" problems and solutions will
extend to 2 or 3 plants. It make take 10 years for #1 but #2 might only
take another 4 years.
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There are already standardized designs and license-issues reviewed on
file w/ the NRC from the vendors (and have been for a number of years
now). The current licensing process is _supposed_ to take 4-5 years
max--whether that will be met is soon to be tested. There were last I
checked 27 iirc new applications for operating licenses for new units
filed w/ the NRC to be processed over the next 8-10 years. Almost all
of these are for either additional units on sites with existing reactors
or previously selected and approved sites where reactors were not built
or completed in the previous anti-nuclear hysteria.

Whether the C-sequestration people have any intent to actually
accomplish something will be clearly demonstrated in their response to
these as hearings proceed. If they are yet again lined up in opposition
w/ the obvious others who will undoubtedly still be, they will show
unequivocally they're only obstructionists at heart.

The statement of the subject line is simply ludicrous but is simple to
make if one is not actually in charge of _doing_ anything other than
making paper and rules for others to try to live under.

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