As a means of subsidizing lawyers the present nuclear regulation system is well designed - but is there not perhaps a cheaper way of rewarding legal diligence? It would probably be cheaper to give each law school graduate a guaranteed salary of $50,000 a year on the condition that he (or she) not practice law.
Jerry PournelleThe American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.
Jerry Pournelle