tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310535410154673578.post231665848571693474..comments2024-03-18T18:23:58.356+01:00Comments on Atom Watch: Italy govt to set up nuclear safety body as part of nuclear power plansAlexandra Prokopenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13558622592614895887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310535410154673578.post-75585660621213601992008-07-10T18:10:00.000+02:002008-07-10T18:10:00.000+02:00A great thing about this generation of nuclear pla...A great thing about this generation of nuclear plants is the simplicity. Hopefully western governments will streamline and re-think over-regulation to take into account the new way.<BR/><BR/>For a country like Italy it is a simple question, a Westnighouse AP-1000 or an Areva EPR 1600, or the GE ABWR? And those reactors are already approved in other nations. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Some other questions like where best to place the new reactors are not things a central regulator needs to worry about. The regional utilities can figure that out. They know their grid way better than anyone else. And they can talk to local communities to see which ones are eager.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Honestly if I was a medium or smaller nation I would just benchmark my regulations to one of the big 3 oecd nuclear nations.. France, Japan and the USA. <BR/><BR/>--aa2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com