A Healthier Glow for Nuclear Power?

For decades now, any notion of expanding our national use of nuclear power has been dead on arrival. For those few souls intrepid enough to suggest a new plant, a blizzard of regulations, protests, and lawsuits often render the idea all but irrelevant. But that could be about to change.

The present administration is certainly more “nuclear friendly” than others in the past, and many operators seem willing to try to get new facilities approved. What’s more, the power grid in many parts of this country is shaky, and new electrical capacity has to be added to replace aging facilities and keep up with growing power demands