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David Cay Johnston: “I have not said the fund is sufficient. DOE has said the fund is sufficient. And many nuclear utilities do not believe…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
I have not said the fund is sufficient. DOE has said the fund is sufficient. And many nuclear utilities do not believe it is sufficient. But the sufficiency of the fund has nothing to do with the damages to which a utility would be entitled. The fund could be more than sufficient and a utility would be entitled to damages based upon whether the Government had violated a vested right.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the sufficiency of a fund related to nuclear utilities and government obligations.

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