The failure of the NRC to actually do their job has hurt the energy independence of the USA for the entire history of that organization.
No organization that is incapable of reviewing a design in less time than building the new design takes is operating at an acceptable pace.
#QT - https://bird.makeup/users/angelicaoung/statuses/1680969861042946048
It's worth highlighting how much outright misbehavior there's been in the nuclear regulatory space for decades now, up to the point of courts calling out illegality and regulators just ignoring the rulings.
And the misbehavior seems to all fall on the anti-nuclear side of things.
So this isn't merely a case of political disagreement or development of public policy. Once laws are so ignored it becomes a case of outright corruption.
