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To: TigerPaw who wrote (382606)	5/5/2008 1:45:34 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575094

How is it handled overseas? Insurance, govt indemnity or something else? Time to start solving some of these problems. I am tired of hearing the word insoluble as applied to americs problemes. Yesterday Tom Friedman (NYT) talked about leaving that awful JFK airport to travel to Singapore. He described the singapore airport is such glowing terms. In the 30s we had the TVA. I think we need some of that now, but our experience with the federal govt has been so negative over the years, that it takes a leap of faith to move forward. I will date myself but i remember when states were considered unmanageable with bureacrats running the show while the feds were the progressive and good govt guys. That was in the early 60s.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (382606)	5/5/2008 1:55:59 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575094

The real reason you can't build a nuclear plant is that the private sector insurance companies won't insure them, and the government is no longer providing indemnity. It is far more complicated than this; however, the problem could easily be resolved with legislation that would absolve the utilities from responsibility. Of course, you would have to insure that appropriate procedures are followed, which is the job of the current agency anyway. Nuclear energy is as clean as you can get. Ideally, we would use more hydroelectric, but I think there is really a shortage of places where you can build more dams. The waste problem is tough, but manageable.