[AFPhys]

There was some discussion early on of the "energy bill" containing some relaxation of nuke requirements. I didn't look at the final bill to see whether they came to fruition. I certainly hope so.

[SuziQ]

We took the kids on a tour of Seabrook nuke plant in 2001 with a homeschool group. Of course we didn't get to go in the dome area itself; they have an 'Education Center' next door. The man doing the presentation mentioned that at the time the plant was built, there were actually TWO plants planned for the site, but because of all the delays for legal stuff and extra costs involved, the utility ditched the second one before it ever went online. The dome was there and everything!

I asked him if, in the present political climate (this was just after 9/11, and I knew the price of oil was gonna go up) if they had any plans to try to open the second one and he said no, it would be outdated by now. Bummer that. We could use some cheaper electricity in this area.