Shoreham finally won its operation license.But the plant has never produced a watt power.Governor Mario Cuomo,an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New Yorks publicutilities commission to accept the following settlement: the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant.Today,a perfectly good facility,capable of servicing hundreds of thousands of homes,sits rusting.
1.The authors attitude towards the development of nuclear power it _____.
a.negative
b.neutral
c.positive
d.questioning
2.What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream?
a.The inefficiency of the nuclear regulation commission
b.The enormous cost of comstruction and operation
c.The length of time it takes to make investigation.
d.The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.
3.It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that ______.
a.there are not enough safety measures in the u.s for running new nuclear power plants.
b.it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of nuclear power plants in the u.s.
c.there are already more nuclear power plants than necessary in the U.S.
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