Reply #51: Not even close. Repeal P-A by itself and absolutely nothing changes.

[Statistical]

Utilities are currently insured ($10.4 billion in private insurance).
$400 million in private insurance per reactor (costs about $1 mill per year per reactor).
Then they have a combined catastrophic pool of $10 billion.

Repeal P-A and the cost to utilities doesn't change a single penny.

(I assume you mean the govt back stop of claims beyond $10.4 billion because a complete repeal would be stupid it would allow nuclear plants to operate with NO INSURANCE).

The only way costs rise for utilities is if you repeal P-A AND require them to carry more insurance.
If you do that then it will kill nuclear power but it would also kill ANY industry.

However I would expect a legal challenge so it is more like:

If you:
a) Repeal P-A
AND
b) Increase insurance requires by statute to artificially high level ($100 billion, $1000 billion, etc).
AND
c) Govt lose all legal challenges

then yes that would kill nuclear power.

This isn't nuclear specific. 9/11 result in a $2 trillion economic loss. If you required airlines to carry $2 trillion in insurance coverage they would go bankrupt too. Personal drivers can do millions of dollars in damages yet are only required to carry $50K in insurance. If you required drivers to have $10 million in liability insurance (likely $1000 a month) you would bankrupt the car industry too.

No industry (not one on the planet) is required to insure against all eventualities no matter how remote.