NY Times US:
Ex-Environmental Leaders Tout Nuclear Energy. Calling Ms Whitman ‘environmental’ may be a bit of a stretch, but compared to the Republicans of today, I guess so. If nuclear energy is re-approached, my preference would be that the contracts to build the plants should be done with the best, most skilled construction companies available, not on the basis of a lowest-bid situation. Sloppy concrete and steel construction is all too easy to mask, and are the likely the culprit in many leaks. How many outfits will dismantle and then re-create a bad concrete pour? Not many ... if any. Often weaker patching products are used to ‘meet spec’, especially around metal poured-in connections. Seen it too many times. I can visualize a citizen oversight group from the surrounding area of a nuke plant, with a couple of local builders on it, giving the nuke contractors a real challenge.
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