Re: NEF claims more nuclear power is not way forward

Rolf is 100% correct: there a clear path to ramping up production and
we could go from 104 NPPs to 300 or more in 15 years very easily. It's
a question of *planning* something capitalism, especially US
capitalism is loathe to accept.

The politics of regulation stipulate a 4 yo 5 year *Review process*
which is quite insane. But...the results o the mass-anti-nuclear
movement of the 1970s. Time to overturn these regulations and stream
line it. As Rolf pointed out the silly and mostly unique US form of
one-of-a-kind NPP construction is over and has been for 10 years.
Plants can and are being built faster and cheaper and safer. The other
big hinderer is a material one: component manufacturing is way down.

There used to be half-a-dozen big forges in the US to produce the
giant stainless steel forgings necessary. Now, there is really only
one big one left in the whole world: Japan Steel Works. Smaller but
not quite big enough ones exist in Korea, Russia, China and France.

If the US planned now, with component factories reopened or built,
there simply is no reason why in 10 years we couldn't be up to 20 to
30 reactors a year being started. This is exactly how the French and
Russian built theirs, who the Chinese are building theres now. And all
could do it even better.

David

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