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To: Petz who wrote (55129)	9/14/2001 1:09:30 AM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (3) of 275872

Petz, Re: "I never understood why every nuclear power plant ever designed seems to be unique." Well, because the utilities kept wanting to build bigger plants even while the smaller ones were under construction, let alone de-bugging and allowing the opportunity to apply the lessons learned. And of course since it was a "new" field everyone had their own ideas. At least from my nuclear engineering course 15 years ago. Plus litigation/regulations snarl the whole design/bidding/construction process so that it is, IMHO virtually impossible for anyone to fully understand even a set of design plans for the construction of a high school building (a 200 sheet set of plans plus maybe two thousand pages of inconsistent specifications then awarding to the lowest bidder). The use of standardized and highly tested designs (high temperature gas reactors, for example, which cannot meltdown - they just get very hot in full failure mode) would certainly streamline the process. However, the site permitting process (NIMBY) would be very burdensome. The sites that were approved but not built might be more readily developed. There would also need to be a clear commitment to handling of the high volume of low-level radioactive waste and the relatively modest amount of extremely hazardous material. Has Yucca mountain been resolved yet? Even without the nuclear power industry the federal government still faces a huge challenge from the byproducts of the nuclear weapons programs. A typical coal fire plant emits more radiation and vastly greater impacts in general to the environment than a nuclear plant but the subject of risk is extremely subjective. -PT

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