Only fanatic tree huggers will oppose – with bad data and scare tactics. We will all pay for it if the crazy "environmentalists" prevail.

I worked in and on power plants and any time you have large amounts of energy in one place a hazard exists of that energy under un-controlled release. Either a reactor or a oil fired plant is a hazard if that energy is released in an un-contolled manner.

We should start drilling offshore and in Alaska. We should build more refineries. We should begin a transition from gasoline to natural as to fuel automobiles over a five year period of time. The transition from gasoline to natural gas in automobiles is relatively simple and inexpensive. Fueling stations would have to provide natural gas as fuel, in additional to gasoline until the transition was complete for automobiles and light trucks. They could continue to carry deisel fuel for heavy trucks until a suitable alternative could be produced.

All of these efforts would reduce our dependency on foreign oil and would put hundreds of thousands back to work.

From this came procedures, process controls, standardized training called Systematic Approach to Training (The NASA model); Human Performance tools to reduce Human Performance events, Emergency Response Drills that test our ability to mitigate unforeseen events. The list is a long one. We have just finished a world record of FIVE consecutive back to back runs on our two units without a reactor trip. That record will last for years. We did not have a vision of setting records; but one of operating with excellence and integrity and setting a culture of questioning attitudes and "asking what ifs". The net result was five full fuel cycles w/o a trip. Now we have to be cautious about bragging because this is not about bragging but about sharing how a work culture can be fostered to promote a safe environment to run commercial power safely and economically. We know the public watches every move our industry takes. We take our profession seriously and realize the public depends on us.

So yes we can operate more commercial units and should. You leftist can thank Jimmy Carter (who killed the Army Nuclear Program while I was attending the Army School.). President Carter also made it unlawful to recycle our fuel and thus not allowing us to extend our resources like France presently enjoys.

The only contribution a Leftist ideologue has contributed over the last 80 years up to the present is the progressive culture of entitlements and a presently bankrupted economy. Oh yes and that means both Parties, one is just more honest about it then the GOP.

Drill here, Drill Now pay less; build nukes and retract our begger hand from the middle east…… oh you leftist don't like independence too bad..

to nuclear power was due to the fanatIcal fear of the left fueled by liberal Hollywood doomsday films having a premise based on

fear and paranoia rather than facts. While France does indeed

have nearly 80% nuclear produced power, it is a very small country

landwise. We would need to ramp up construction of reactors, which would take decades before any power could be produced.

We should start immediately and remind the left that we would not have to wait had it not been for their paranoia.