The second coming of nuclear power?(Bulletins)

A NUCLEAR POWER REVIVAL could take the first steps from concept to reality as early as next year.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has not authorized the construction of a new nuclear power plant since the 1970s. But three energy companies filed for early site permits in 2003 that, if granted, would lay the groundwork for new reactors at three existing nuclear power plants around the country: North Anna, Virginia; Clinton, Illinois; and Grand Gulf, Mississippi. The NRC could approve the applications in 2006; the companies would have 20 years to use the permits.

Anti-nuclear groups and activists have mobilized to fight the permit applications in each of the ...

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