November/December 2008
New Nukes
The U.S. nuclear industry hopes that safer reactor designs can end decades of stagnation.
By Rob Edwards
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.
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