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To: heraclitus who wrote (91330)	4/7/2001 11:13:56 AM
From: josh tanner	Respond to of 436258

"Fault Tolerance" I think is the term used. JT

To: heraclitus who wrote (91330)	4/7/2001 1:05:25 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

< I'm not sure why any utility would want to undertake a new nuke plant with this type of uncertainty.> If government makes conditions favorable, it’s worth their while. See Apr 2 Bloomberg: General Electric Corp., Dominion Resources, Southern Co., Entergy Corp. and Excelon Corp. are among the companies poised to benefit if the Bush administration makes building new nuclear power plants part of its plan to ease U.S. power shortages. Business groups representing the nuclear power, electric and technology industries are pushing the White House to take steps that would help the industry to build the first new U.S. nuclear power plant since the 1979 three-mile island meltdown. ``What we need from the administration are signals to the marketplace that would spark new construction,'' said Scott Peterson, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, the lobbying group that is leading the push. Changes in tax laws, increases in government funding for nuclear research, and extensions of insurance programs for nuclear accidents are among the efforts that businesses are lobbying for with the White House as President George W. Bush and his advisers prepare a national energy policy. quote.bloomberg.com Cheryl