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Welcome to the US Insane Asylum-Nut House, also known as the US House of Congress:
“House Tax Bill Trims Wind Tax Credit, Extends Nuclear Provision
By Ari Natter November 2, 2017, 12:03 PM CDT Updated on November 2, 2017, 2:58 PM CDT ” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/house-tax-bill-trims-wind-tax-credit-extends-nuclear-provision

Was the supervisory contractor at Vogtle drunk or high or ? No one knows because he fled the random testing: “A non-licensed supervisory contractor subverted a random Fitness for Duty (FFD) test. At 0851 [EDT] on October 16, 2017, a contractor supervisor was notified to report for a random FFD test and [the individual] did not report to the testing facility and left the premises. The contractor’s site access has been terminated. The NRC Resident Inspector was notified.” https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2017/20171017en.html

“The NRC requires certain nuclear facilities to have fitness-for-duty programs to provide reasonable assurance that nuclear facility personnel are trustworthy, will perform their…