rickover was called to lead the investigation at three mile island. and at the end, he warned against the cops and robbers entered against government and the nuclear industry. and he also said that government regulators would never be suspicious and could not adequate to the job. that's how intel was created. .. ok, you got to clean up your act. they're working together to set standards. my question is the oil spill commission the president set up in the wake of the deepwater horizon disaster called for an entity for oil and gas privilege. do you think that is needed? government regulators, how can you prove government regulators were insufficient for nuclear and not conclude government regulators were insufficient on offshore in the wake of thewater horizon? >> guest: this is still evolving. there are similarities but also big differences because basically the nuclear companies don't compete with each other. so once you start having people regulating each other strangely enough you raise antitrust questions which have to be managed and how will that

i read that letter and i had the same reaction that you did. >> host: back to nuclear, rickover was toead investigation into the three mile island, and at the end, he warned against the cops and robbers and drum of the government regulators and the nuclear industry coming and he also said that the government regulators would never be suspicious and could not adequately to the job and that is how it was created. inco is basically the body that is -- >> guest: its self regulation to the it to have tight government regulation and in the industry where they go out and critique each other and they are a very tough on each other. there is the recognition that if one of them makes a mistake, everybody is vulnerable. so they are very tough on each other. >> host: when i think of how it works i have it in my mind that it's kind of like the same concept when you are like, you know, in a school playground playing a game and one of the police doesn't do his job for the team and your like okay you have to clean up your act it's like you are working together for the standard but my question is the o