TOGETHER, AND AN INVESTIGATION
REVEALED THAT THE MAN HAS LIVED
IN ALABAMA FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
AND IS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE
STATE.
THE FATE OF THE NATION'S FIRST
NEW NUCLEAR REACTOR SINCE THE
'70 IS IS A LITTLE BIT CLEARER
TONIGHT.
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DAY
WITH A HUGELY EXPENSIVE PROBE
DEMAND POWER PLANT.
SHOWING US WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IN 1955, THE NUCLEAR
SUBMARINE HELD THE DAWN OF A
PEACEFUL ENERGY.
>> THE FIRST OF THE NAVY --
>> ITS PROPULSION SYSTEM WAS A
PROTOTYPE OR NEW PLANTS.
NO NEW CIVILIAN PLAN HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1978.
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, OFTEN FROM
ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND
BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES HAVE
DON'T A ONCE BRIGHT PROMISE.
>> YOU >> UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
APPROVAL OF THREE AND FOUR
REACTORS, THE OWNER ANNOUNCED
LATER THAT IT WILL COMPLETE THE
PLANTS, BUT UNDER THE DEAL AND
MIGHT REBATE $75 TO EACH OF ITS
200 MILLION CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF
COST OVERRUNS AND DELAYS.
>> WE WILL DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO
COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
>> NOR WAS THIS AN EASY DECISION
FOR THE STATE REGULATOR.
>> FOR THE LAST DECADE WE HAVE
SEEN BUDGET OVERRUN, SCHEDULE
BEING BUSTED, AND IT IS AN
INHERENTLY RISKY PROJECT.
>> THE RISK IS FROM THE JUST
TAX CREDITS I WOULD'VE MADE
CONSTRUCTION MORE ECONOMICALLY
FEASIBLE.
PROMISE FROM REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS.
>> THEY ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD
BE AN ITEM THAT CONGRESS WILL
OPPOSED TO THE PLANT FEAR THAT
CUSTOMERS BOTH BEAR THE BRUNT OF
FUTURE OVERRUNS.
>> THE PROBLEM IS AT THE
EXTENSIONS DO NOT COME THROUGH,
THEY WANT CUSTOMERS TO MAKE UP
FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND WE THINK THAT THAT IS
UNREASONABLE.
>> OTHERS CONTEND THAT IT IS
PRESSURE FROM ENVIRONMENTALISTS
THAT HAVE INCREASED THE COST.
ANGELA MERKEL TOOK AN ENERGY
INVESTIGATION PROMISED TO ENDING
ALL POWER BY 2022.
AS DRIVEN PLANTS WERE TAKEN
OFF-LINE, ENERGY COSTS
SKYROCKETED.
>> TWO OTHER STATIONS IN
TENNESSEE OFFER ANOTHER LESSON
AND TIME CONSUMING BUREAUCRACY
AND PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION GOT
UNDERWAY IN 1973, FOR THE FIRST
UNIT WAS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL 23
