I don't. And here's why. There's enormous economic obstacles, aside from the safety issues, aside from the fact that we still don't know what to do with the nuclear waste, The amount of subsidies that the taxpayer has to provide in order to get those [nuclear] plants built, the loan guarantees that have to be provided, and then the so-called standby agreements...is just a monstrous bill. delay in permitting, the expense of that delay is passed on to the taxpayer is just a monstrous bill that makes them economically, I think, unjustifiable. (06:27–06:50)
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