Reply #24: I love this guy, I swear. [View All]

[txlibdem]

You are always good for a laugh, K.

I've posted on more than one occasion that:
1. We should NEVER build plants that are the same as existing designs - 40 year old designs are not what we need
2. The construction industry is responsible for cost overruns, partial blame goes to simpleton politicians who sign contracts that do not punish contractors for delays and mistakes. This needs to NEVER be repeated.
3. Only through mass production of identical components for these power plants can we get the costs down low enough.
4. The approval process needs to be locked in and needs to be streamlined. Constantly changing the requirements for a project still in construction is the best way to raise costs and ultimately fail.
5. Thorium should be the fuel we use for our nuclear power plants.

"Intelligently applying" only the 5 above points will go a long way to making nuclear power plants compete on a cost basis with coal and even renewable energy projects.