U.S. NRC has registered applications for licenses to build 25 new reactors since July 2007

October 21, 2008 · Filed Under Electric Power · Comment 

The U.S. nuclear industry hopes that safer reactor designs can end decades of stagnation (MIT Technoogy Review)

For more than 30 years, no one has begun construction on a new nuclear reactor in the U.S. But amid growing concern about energy supplies, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has registered applications for licenses to build 25 new reactors since July 2007. Read more