Nuclear power ( and other technologies ) should stand on their own two feet.
Nuclear Power should be built by private enterprise if it is cost-effective. There is nothing impossible about looking a current safety records for power production and waste storage and determine what a private enterprise should be responsible for.
If we can avoid the hysteria that surround asbestos abatement ( which is way over the top ) and contaminated apples , then the invisible hand will do the job. Not perfectly , but better than the other methods being employed.
I suspect nuclear power will do quite well when compared to wind power, sea power , hydro-electric ( we are out of rivers to destroy ) , coal ,oil ,etc. Ultimately solar power will do quite well as technology advances ( look at trees and plants ) but for now it is not good enough.
Anyway, get out the way ==> government .... quit wasting our money and making bad decisions and killing us.
how would your proposal fit relative to the Jap situ? news reports Jap people now "blaming" "govt" for insufficient info. question = are the Jap people really blaming? question = who did fund the Jap nuclear installation? question = if private sector is in charge of such installations rather than the govt, would there be more likely that they could be "persuaded" to be truthful?
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Japan is divided into a number of regions that each get electric service from their respective regional provider, all utilities hold a monopoly and are strictly regulated by the Japanese government. For more background information see Energy in Japan. All regional utilities in Japan currently operate nuclear plants with the exception of the Okinawa Electric Power Company. They are also all members of the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPCO) industry organization. The companies are listed below.
* Regional electric providers
* The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) - 東京電力
* Kyūshū Electric Power Company (Kyūshū Electric) - 九州電力
* Chūbu Electric Power Company (Chūbu Electric) - 中部電力
* Tōhoku Electric Power Company (Tōhoku Electric) - 東北電力
* Shikoku Electric Power Company (YONDEN) - 四国電力
* Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) - 関西電力
* Hokuriku Electric Power Company (RIKUDEN) - 北陸電力
* Hokkaidō Electric Power Company (HEPCO) - 北海道電力
* Chūgoku Electric Power Company (Chuden) - 中国電力
* Other companies with a stake in nuclear power
The headquarters of Electric Power Development, or J-Power, whose activities are specially directed towards R&D on new power sources.
* Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) - 日本原子力研究開発機構
* Japan Atomic Power Company (JPAC) - 日本原子力発電
JAPC was created by special provisions from the Japanese government to be the first company in Japan to run a nuclear plant. Today it still operates two separate sites.
* Electric Power Development Company (EDPC, J-POWER) - 電源開発
This company was created by a special law after the end of World War 2, it operates a number of coal fired, hydroelectric, and wind power plants, the Ohma nuclear plant that is under construction will mark its entrance to the industry upon completion.