On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:40:50 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
(Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Mostly because they were so heavily regulated, they weren't really
commercial, and no innovation was allowed. That was the cost of the
Price-Anderson act.

Mostly because the Price-Anderson act lead to the political failure of
the industry, and has absolutely zero bearing on the operator and
designer failures I noted.

It was the direct cause. Once the industry gave up its autonomy in
exchange for freedom from liability, there was no room for innovative
techiques. We've seen the same thing in the aircraft industry, in
which the FAA tells everyone how to design and operate aircraft.