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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inescapably parodying The China Syndrome, Herbein expressed concern over the fact that the plant could be shut down for several weeks and over the multimillion dollar cost of decontaminating the two buildings. He did not rule out the possibility that consumers might have to shoulder the expense. Both company officials and investigators from NRC again assured the public that the reactor was cooling and should be down to its normal shut-off temperature within...
...reason is that electric power demand is growing much more slowly than it had been in the 1960s and early 1970s. Another is that nuclear construction costs have risen to about $1,000 a kilowatt, from $100 in the 1960s. This compares with $700 for a coal-fired plant. The two main causes are general inflation and the long delays in getting a plant built because of legal challenges by opponents. Says Charles Cicchetti, chairman of the Wisconsin public service commission: "It's time to jump off the nuclear bandwagon." Nonetheless, the industry contends that nuclear plants...
...Cost-cutting offensive...
...strain. With an additional $2.5 billion earmarked for the AVF, the Defense Department could meet it's emergency manpower requirements, a December 1978 letter from Selective Service officials to members of the House Armed Services Committee reveals. Some say this $2.5 billion figure is far below what it would cost to track down, investigate and prosecute the thousands of young people who would opt for a five-year prison sentence in the face of compulsory service. Even staunch militarists like Stennis say they will support more appropriations for AVF if they can achieve the desired result. Perhaps the Congress should...
...contradiction: what a recent Library of Congress study labels the "highly questionable" constitutionality under 13th amendment which prohibits non-military "involuntary servitude." Even within a framework of military or civilian choice such as the one McCloskey offers, young people have no choice but to serve. The estimated $20 billion cost of compulsory service seems better spent on ensuring freedom of choice while making the volunteer army a more attractive alternative. The fear of the draft has returned and, in the post-Vietnam era, this is one ghost legislators might do better to exorcise away...