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Originally Posted by maypo
This nuclear material business is serious, why hasn't Bush quickly adopted it into his platform?
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Kerry wants to buy enriched uranium at a faster rate, buying up all of the Soviets' fuel in 4 years instead of 12.5. Bush hasn't adopted this because it's a terrible move. We buy enriched uranium from the former USSR at a certain rate because of the American economy. I don't want to go too into it, but there is currently only one plant in America that enriches uranium for use as fuel in nuclear plants. It costs more to produce the uranium than to buy it from the USSR, so if we buy the Soviet uranium too fast, it will flood the market, drive the price down, and our one and only American producer will go out of business. So we have to sacrifice this small danger (we know where this stuff is in Russia, but it's not as safe as if we had it) in order to preserve our economy. Honestly, I don't know why the Bush campaign hasn't consulted anyone on this (like the Department of Energy)...Kerry's way off here.