I have no idea how to start this thread of if its worth of the bytes it takes up, but...

I was surprised to hear that France is now selling some of its power to Britain. France might be the leader in nuclear power. China is up there too. When the oil crunch happened in the 70s, they started their nuclear power endeavor and it worked out fine for them.

The good ol US did not pursue it, imo, cuz it listened to the protests. 3 mile island happened in the 70s and it was a big no no for a while.

So now we need to get that going again. I read where the application fee is 25 million in the US. Nice. Also that the Nuclear regulatory dept or something staff has increased. Well there hasn't been an application for a new Plant since the early 70s. So I'm sure the peeps that do the applications have made a nice living over the last 30 years. Hope they weren't too busy.

Thats enough for now.