It may be news to a lot of the United States citizenry, but very quietly (probably better that way), the nuclear industry is finally building more nuclear power plants.
Wish that wave would crash into Maryland soon.
Scientific American has the details.
Is a U.S. Nuclear Revival Finally Underway?
The stations are in Vogtle, Georgia (where the archaeocete Georgiacetus vogtlensis was found), Jenkinsville, South Carolina, and the Watts Bar Unit 2 outside Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The article also commends:
"There are also applications for at least 20 other reactors under scrutiny at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—the government agency charged with monitoring the nation's reactors—including final approval of the AP-1000 design."
Unfortunately, a new unit at Calvert Cliffs is not currently one of them.
The better news, energy-wise and climate-wise, is that 60 plants are currently under construction worldwide. Whether anyone likes it or not (I obviously am pleased), the world is going at least partially nuclear.
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