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Designers of new plants in nuclear-friendly regions say they can now minimize that construction risk. Much like the so-called cookie-cutter model in France, where nuclear power accounts for 80% of the electricity, any new generation of nuclear plant in the U.S. would have to be based on a standard design instead of the current hodgepodge of complicated configurations. Westinghouse Electric's new, simplified unit, for instance, is modular and can practically be put together on an assembly line, relying more on natural forces like gravity and less on moving parts...
...Designers of new plants in nuclear-friendly regions say they can now minimize that construction risk. Much like the so-called cookie-cutter model in France, where nuclear power accounts for 80% of the electricity, any new generation of nuclear plant in the U.S. would have to be based on a standard design instead of the current hodgepodge of complicated configurations. Westinghouse Electric's new, simplified unit, for instance, is modular and can practically be put together on an assembly line, relying more on natural forces like gravity and less on moving parts...
...consumers to support the guild. Writers will never replace directors in supplying the creative vision for a movie, but allowing the writers to take greater part in the collaborative movie-making effort will make movies less formulaic and place more emphasis on well-written films rather than cookie-cutter entertainment. Writers in all fields deserve more credit than they currently receive, and the last writers’ strike in 1988 failed to achieve these goals. A stronger emphasis on good writing will lead to better movies...
...show. It immediately sets the morbid tone that White wants—she suggests that life, creativity and energy are dead in the suburbs. The final paintings in this 20-painting exhibit is “Suburbia”. The green-on-green arrangement of mini cookie-cutter houses, lined up in perfect rows is eye catching. These paintings—together with works such as “Beer,” “Donut” and “Gun”—clearly portray White’s feelings about suburban America...
...campus, we continue filling the niche of quality radio as a lot of other radio has gotten more corporate and cookie cutter," Aiese says...