I t ' s v e r y s l o w .

It takes absolutely forever to build a nuke plant in the US. They're custom-fitted to the site. (So it takes forever to train a crew to run it as well: no interchangeable operating licenses, even for sister plants on sites next to each other.)

This is mostly due to regs.

Don't get me wrong: I like containment vessels very much, and I also like other good safety measures. But because of stuff like that, reanimating the nuke program will have to come from somewhere else besides an immediate crisis.

Forethought would be nice. I'm sure there's a dandy crisis that will be along quite soon.

Do you suppose all those oil boys really want to get the nukes back in the mix? Part of me cynically says no, because it'll cut into their profits, but on the other hand, oil is such useful stuff in many more ways than merely as a combustible. It's a shame to be burning it all the time.

Regards--
Mary Anne