You know, it’s kind of sad that no one is willing to invest in nuclear energy anymore. Wait, what? NuScale Power celebrated the news of its company-saving $30 million investment from Fluor Corp. Thursday morning with a press conference in Washington, D.C. Fluor is a design, engineering and construction company involved with some 20 plants in the 70s and 80s, but it has not held interest in a nuclear energy company until now. Fluor, which has deep roots in the nuclear industry, is betting big on small-scale nuclear energy with its NuScale investment. "It's become a serious contender in the last decade or so," John Hopkins, [Fluor’s group president in charge of new ventures], said. And that brings us to NuScale, which had run into some dark days – maybe not as dark as, say, Solyndra, but dire enough : Earlier this year, the Securities Exchange Commission filed an action against NuScale's lead investor, The Michael Kenwood Group. The firm "misap
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The comment string was shut down for that reason and that reason alone.
As to obscuring what Miss Nevada actually said, like with all our posts, we included a link to the original source material so readers could decide for themselves. How we could prevent anyone from investigating that information is beyond me.
And as I went back and checked the original comments, I most certainly did not delete the comment directly quoting Miss Nevada.
Let me make this clear: If you leave a comment attacking an individual or their motives instead of their ideas, expect to get shut down. The fact of the matter is I've been very patient on this issue, but my patience has reached its end.
1. Should we consider continuing to burn coal if it involves any health risk?
2. Should we consider continuing the sale of peanut butter if it involves any health risk?
3. Should we consider continuing the use of electricity if it involves any health risk?
4. Should we consider continuing the use of vaccinations if it involves any health risk?
5. Should we consider continuing the use of life-flight helicopters if it involves any health risk.
6. What is the major difference between questions 1 through 5 above and the question Miss Nevada was asked?