He insisted that British Energy, the languishing nuclear operator, should be allowed to fail, although he lost that particular battle.
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Every serious nuclear accident involves operator error, so you want to eliminate the operator altogether.
France generates 80 percent of its electricity with nuclear, and its state-owned firms are world leaders: Paris-based EDF is the largest operator of nuclear power plants worldwide, while Areva is the largest provider of nuclear services and technology.
Exelon, a utility name that is the largest operator of nuclear plants in the U.S., felt the sting too.
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It spares neither the government nor Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the operator of the nuclear plant.
It now rejoins China, Russia, the US, the UK and France as an operator of underwater nuclear vessels.
Yasufumi Fukushi, a spokesman for Rokkasho's operator, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.
As the world watches the disasters in Japan continue to unfold, there is much criticism of the performance of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the Fukushima nuclear power complex.
China Guangdong Nuclear will be the majority owner and operator of the first phase, and will take the lead role on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC).
The problems are so far "beyond the design capacity" of the plant that the Japanese are working in uncharted territory, said Michael Friedlander, a former senior operator at U.S. nuclear power plants.
Carl Rhode of Entergy, the plant's operator, told WGNO that the threat to the intake system is not a matter of nuclear safety.
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