Nuclear renaissance in the United States
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Nuclear renaissance in the United States
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Between 2007 and 2009, 13 companies applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for construction and operating licenses to build 31 new nuclear power reactors in the United States. However, the case for widespread nuclear plant construction has been hampered due to inexpensive natural gas, slow electricity demand growth in a weak US economy, lack of financing, and safety concerns following the Fukushima nuclear accident at a plant built in the early 1970s which occurred in 2011. Most of t
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Potential U.S. nuclear power revival
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_renaissance_in_the_United_States
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2009-03-15T05:56:10Z
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2024-09-12T22:32:35Z
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