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To: Eric who wrote (10699)	4/19/2011 1:45:16 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 16955

<factor in all of the real costs it's just too expensive> As I've argued on Big Dog's board, it is wrong to allow companies to externalize costs. However, in the real world, it happens all the time, and, unfortunately, will continue to happen. The big buildout in nuclear, will happen in China, India, Russia. China and India have done a huge buildout of coal-fired generation. Russia gets rid of its old nuclear submarine reactors, by dumping them in the sea. These are countries where economic growth (= more electricity) is the #1 priority, and everything else just gets "lip service". So, nuclear (and coal, and oil, and...) will continue to externalize costs, and continue to get government subsidies. Decision-makers will continue to believe they can control the future, and avoid bad outcomes, to a much greater extent than is actually possible. So, I think the planned nuclear buildout, after a brief pause, will continue unchanged. You are right, this makes no sense economically, or environmentally. That won't stop it.