[Made In The USA]

I’ll get in line on that one. I perceive this as Barry wanting the ability to posture; that he personally enabled this so that consumers and businesses would benefit. I also perceive a very long process of more bureacracy before a the first shovel of dirt is turned.

[COBOL2Java]

I also perceive a very long process of more bureacracy before a the first shovel of dirt is turned.

I predict a process at least as mind-numbingly Vogon-class cumbersome as Washington DC's procedure for acquiring a handgun, as documented in Emily Miller's Washington Times blog, Emily Gets Her Gun

"So - you want to build a nuclear power plant, eh?"

[kidd]

I also perceive a very long process of more bureacracy before a the first shovel of dirt is turned.

The Vogtle plants are past that hurdle.

The new process separates challenges to the siting of the nuclear plant from the design of the plant. The Vogtle plants passed those parts already.

Many shovels of dirt have already been turned for site prep. Here is a pic of the new Vogtle site: