•
3-
(e) increase in the time required to construct and
license new plants.
To give an
14 years to
example, it will now take between 12 and
build a
new nuclear plant from the
design
stage
to operation, involving 2 public
enquiries, one before construction commences
another before operation begins.
and
4.
There
5.
are
also
very strict "back-fitting"
any time
technique
regulations, that is, even though the design and
plan for a nuclear plant have been approved, if, at
during or after construction, a better
is discovered, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission can and does require such new technique
to be incorporated even though it might necessitate
the demolishing of work already completed. In the
case of the Calvert Cliff Nuclear Plant, which was
considered
to
be
an
extremely lucky one,
"back-fitting" cost amounted to U.S.$60 million
after the incident at Three Mile Island.
There are at present
throughout the U.S.A..
U S. PWRS are not
expensive.
101 nuclear plants operating
Unlike the French PWRS, the
and are thus more
standardized