RE: NRC close to vote on new Westinghouse nuke reactor

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> The real issue with the new generation of reactor designs, is whether
> anyone will invest a billion dollars to build a new nuclear reactor under
> any circumstance! 

Andy hit the key issue. That is the big question, and I believe that 
the answer will be big NO! Considering the political environment, 
not only in this country, but in the majority of the world, the 
momentum is to shut-down the units, not to construct new ones. 
The political environment in the US is not favorable for resurrecting 
the nuclear power option. Even if there were positive forces within 
the govt., that govt.changes every few years, and with that change, 
goes the approval, or defeat. The risk of investment is too great, 
and I don't believe any utility will take that first step to contract for a 
new unit. If they did, I'd expect that the Board of Directors would 
come under severe fire from their stockholders. Remember, the 
investor in utility stock is in it due to stability. Tackling a new 
nuclear unit is not considered stability.

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Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net
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