As a nation and as an industry, we're seeing a lot of interest in developing new nuclear power for the future. |
I think the little kids will like it. |
If we were to decide today to build, the current estimate is 12 years. That's the earliest that one could come on line. |
It is something we have been contemplating for the last year or so. |
It was contaminated with extremely low radiation levels. It was comparable to a normal background radiation level. We were told by regulatory agencies that it was not an issue. |
It's a 23-year-old event. It was thoroughly investigated at the time by both the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Florida Department of Health, who determined that there was no health issue. |
That's where the whole industry is. We're all trying to evaluate how long it's going to take, how much it's going to cost, all of those issues. |
Their attorneys are latching onto an incident that occurred 23 years ago. These children weren't born until a decade after the incident occurred. |
We are overly dependent on natural gas and of course the costs of natural gas is skyrocketing which impacts customer bills significantly. |
We believe it may have been intentional but we haven't determined whether it was a case of human error or a deliberate act. When we have major maintenance work being done, in addition to our own employees, there are many contract workers who come in to support that. We believe some of these people may have left the area ... and may have information that would assist in the investigation. |
We do have very extensive surveillance capabilities at the plant. |
We have extensive security measures in place at the plant ... multiple layers of security which include a highly trained and qualified security force. |
We have more than 30 years of operating experience with nuclear power and we have a good record of safe and reliable operations. In addition, we think it's very important to diversify our fuel mix as much as possible. |
We obviously are very bullish on nuclear -- very supportive of the development of the next generation of nuclear power plants. |
We want to make sure that we do a very thorough investigation and that we evaluate all possibilities. |