Originally Posted By: drakino
Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.
Uhhh.... pretty much, yeah. There has not been a new nuclear power plant put online in the U.S. in, oh, I don't know, thirty years? And not for lack of trying. The regulatory hurdles are pretty much impossible to overcome, and the general public is so unreasonably opposed that there is virtually no chance of getting approval for a new one.

The South Texas plant was brought online in 1988, so only 20 years ago. And with the Nuclear Power 2010 Program, regulations have been eased enough to allow Bellefonte to resume construction and come online sometime after 2017. Other projects on the table since 2005 are listed here.

Finland is working on its next nuclear plant, Croatia has one or two in its long-term plans, and elsewhere in Europe public opinion is slowly turning...
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