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To: bruwin who wrote (180524)	9/14/2013 6:40:04 AM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206215

"Of course, there's still your legitimate concern regarding waste disposal, etc... and that's where a lot of the "division" comes in regarding the "opposing camps"." Fighting waste disposal is simply another tactic in the battle to eliminate nuclear power. It is similar to the symbolic fight vs Keystone. I enjoyed your commentary on base load power generation.

To: bruwin who wrote (180524)	9/16/2013 12:14:26 AM
From: Biomaven	1 Recommendation Recommended By Dennis Roth Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206215

Here's a current analysis of nuclear vs. natural gas: bluecastleproject.com Basically using current pricing, nat gas wins, but at the expense of much greater uncertainty about long term operating costs. On the other hand, I believe that recent experience with building nuclear plants indicates that the cost of building them is pretty uncertain - there has been a horrible history of cost overruns, in plants built ex-US at least. I don't know how reliable this article is: tampabay.com Peter