the act wasas later amemended to provide that all of the money would cocome from prprivate sources. aat the prest time, the first tier is composed of insurance of $375 million. if that were not adequate, then each operator of the 104 nuclear power plants would be assessed about $111 million. this totals about 12.6 billion. >> anything beyond that would-- is not covered by insurance, and it would be up to congrgress to decide whether they wanted to appropriaiate thethe funds. >> if we start talking a about $$400 or $500 billion,n, there s no way that any politician is gogoing to vote for r the publio take e on that kind of liabilit. >> y you cannot tell congrgresst in the e future at some time, they''rere gonna hahave to passw to provide many, many more billions of d dollars in case of a nuclear accidenent. that's a fairy tale.e. >> i think we have a $16 tririion deficicit right t . it wouould obviously probably he to be into some kind of deficit financing g with major implications for the economy and for maybe even the value of thehe dollar in theorstst case f scenario i in the worl