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To: Triffin who wrote (10695)	4/18/2011 4:02:41 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

re: modular, small nukes: The limiting factor for nuclear power is not technology. It's costs and environmental concerns. Building a reactor with a new design, you really have no idea what the total costs are going to be. B&W may have cost estimates, to compare their nuke design with natgas and wind, but cost estimates for nuclear power have historically included a lot of wishful thinking. The French have lower nuclear power costs, because they use standardized designs. In the U.S., every nuke is custom-designed, raising building costs and lengthening the approval process.