And I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!

Posted by David Roberts at 12:18 PM on 13 May 2008

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One thing you frequently hear from nuclear proponents is that nuke plants would pencil out fine if not for all those pesky safety regulations, NIMBYs, lawsuits, protests, and other political ephemera. If we could just get rid of that stuff!

But that's a market democracy. It's not like failing because everyone hates you and tries to keep you away doesn't count or something. Costs are costs.

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Also, it is not like other energy sources don't face NIMBY and safety regulations on law suits. And it is not like doing without safety rules would be such a great idea.

by Gar Lipow at 12:22 PM on 13 May 2008

Subjunctive, please

"... if it weren't for you meddling kids!"

(Somebody has to maintain standards around here.)

These are only my personal opinions.

by Ron Steenblik at 1:04 PM on 13 May 2008

Ron,

I'm opting for fealty to the original source over your petty grammatical concerns. It's all about respecting history!

grist.org

by David Roberts at 1:12 PM on 13 May 2008

One thing you frequently hear from nuke proponents

is exactly what you want to hear. It's like you were in a cartoon of your own, or something.

Similarly, one thing fossil fuel revenue fanciers frequently say is, we don't mind nukes over our back fence, but you would prefer to have gas pipelines and coal plants and coal rail lines over yours, because hey, you don't mind if we make a living.

How shall the car gain nuclear cachet?

by GRLCowan at 1:16 PM on 13 May 2008

Vermont Yankee

There's an reactor in southern VT that just got caught trying to raid its decommissioning cookie jar of cash to pay for 'onsite storage' of spent fuel it needs now. Which would leave VT taxpayers holding the bag later for what the company spends now.

The owners, Entergy, claim that it doesn't look like, well, what it looks like, but it comes back to this dollar issue all the time. The costs of doing nucular business are enormous, and they're always trying to get someone else to pay.

Citizens Awareness Network and New England Coalition are constantly on top of their shenanigans.

Erik

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by Erik Hoffner at 1:25 PM on 13 May 2008

Speaking of cartoons

In that case, David, I defer to Scooby Do. (To think that somebody would create a page of "memorable quotes" from that inane cartoon series!)

You'll have to excuse me: I come from the Rocky J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle generation:

Bullwinkle: You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains of the outfit.
General: What does that make you ?
Bullwinkle: What else? An executive..

These are only my personal opinions.

by Ron Steenblik at 1:31 PM on 13 May 2008

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