re: #325 Racer X

I’m just shaking my head (again). We create a new government agency specifically to reduce our dependance on foreign oil, yet here we are 40 years later - more dependent than ever.

They were specifically created to be in charge of dealing with nuclear energy and waste - yet here we are with no new nuclear plants in the past 40 years, and that prick Reid won’t let them open Yucca mountain - so now we get to spend Billions dealing with nuclear waste like we did 40 years ago.

Total Fail.

PFI - US nuclear power project financing under way

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Project Finance International) - Vogtle, the nuclear power plant co-sponsored by Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG), has announced plans to launch a US$2.5bn bond financing to fund the bulk of its portion of the project within days of winning the first US loan government guarantee for a nuclear facility. With more loan guarantees to be announced soon, the long-awaited nuclear power revival looks to be on its way. Goldman Sachs and coleads will hold a roadshow next week for the bond package which will fund a portion of its investment in the proposed Vogtle 3&4 nuclear power plant expansion. Fitch Ratings have assigned some of the senior bonds A+ ratings, and others A-.