Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
You don't know the half of it. Replacement parts for ANY part of the facility is dictated through the government and of course they have their favorite vendors which "handle" these parts. They have a yearly replacement program on critical parts that are high cost and others that shouldn't be but are because of price gouging.

I worked outside industrial sales for over 11 years and had the pleasure to convert a customer from Nebraska to my company. A seal kit that I sold for $750 NET pricing was being sold to the facility for $5000; likewise the full pump unit that I sold for $3,500 NET was being purchased for over $20,000. The company, vendor? G.E., making your life better!

McCain is for nuclear power under the current status; Obama under more strict controls. Either way, they'd better think about cleaning up the system before sticking a bunch of tax payers $'s into it.

Have a good one!:s4:
Well there is radiactive waste and there is bureacratic waste. Maybe we should just wrap the nuclear waste in $100 bills and dump both into a subduction zone where they will be pulled into the earth's core.