Problems with the MOX project:
1. Design problems. Awarded a contract to contractor with no clear conceptual idea of an end state or criticality issues.
2. Hired in-bred hillbillies to build the plant.
3. Wrote the contract to award milestone bonuses ($ millions awarded for rework).
4. Billions $ over budget and seeking billions $ more to complete.
5. The plants that had agreed to use the fuel have backed out. MOX was to be completed and producing fuel five years ago. UTILITIES DO NOT LIKE UNCERTAINTIES.
6. Natural gas so cheap now. Why build a nuclear plant with all the regulatory headaches? People are short sighted.
7. Government should guarantee the loans for the new nuclear plants and design them to use the MOX fuel. This will force the MOX issue and bring new plants on line.
8. Fire the incompetent in-bred hillbillies designing and building MOX. End the milestone rewards program.