I can tell you first hand that the regulatory strangulation the NRC has is far beyond any other agency. You think aircraft have intense safety regulations and

I can tell you first hand that the regulatory strangulation the NRC has is far beyond any other agency. You think aircraft have intense safety regulations and eye watering parts cost to meet it? Nuclear makes airplanes look like a dive bar of accountability. I really cannot overstate how insanely dense and paralyzing nuclear regs they are.