[ RadSafe ] Overcoming America's nuclear power phobia

[John Jacobus]

I would still like to hear more about the political
and economic dynamics.  I see that the unit was owned
by a public utility, and not a private company.  Was a
lack of profits a factor?

--- BLHamrick at aol.com wrote:
> Just want to clarify, it appears that Rancho Seco
> did operate commercially  
> from about 1975 to 1989, but was closed by a public
> referendum.  So, my  
> recollection was faulty.  They did make it into
> operational mode for 14  years, it 
> seems, but a public vote closed them down due to 
> anti-nuclear activism.
>  
> Barbara  
> 

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"Embarrassed, obscure and feeble sentences are generally, if not always, the result of embarrassed, obscure and feeble thought."
Hugh Blair, 1783

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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