Wojtek wrote:
> > looming, every Nuclear plant would be shut down tomorrow if
>> the Price-Anderson act (which frees them from having to insure
>> against the expected damages from the next Chernobyl-type
>> accident) were to be repealed. There can be no doubt whatever
>
>But that is an argument against socio-political ramifications of nuclear
>energy in a society where safety is a matter of insurance profiteering
>rather than risk sharing overseen by government.
"profiteering" is not at issue. The expected results of the (statistically inevitable) nuclear accidents are part of the real cost of production. Requiring an industry-wide cooperative (ie., nonprofit) insurance fund would shut down every plant just as quickly as if they were left to insure themselves privately.
Shane Mage