From: vaughnsimon@gmail.com   
      
   On 5/5/2012 6:30 PM, Roberto Deboni DMIsr wrote:   
   > On Sat, 05 May 2012 14:53:27 -0700, Bob F wrote:   
   >   
      
   >>   
   >>    Nuclear power is no longer an economically viable source of new energy   
   >>    in the United States,   
   >   
   > Correct.   
   >   
   > But I though we where writing about Japan.   
   > Japan has no shale gas. No coal. No oil.   
   > And that changes the economics dramatically.   
      
   All true.  Also, the economic argument is beside the point because Japan   
   already had the nuke plants, so the construction costs were all sunk.   
   Last I heard, fuel costs for an existing nuke plant are cheap compared   
   to alternatives.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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