U.S. Will Approve New Nuclear Reactors
| April 1, 2008 |  View for printing |
British official says she's been informed the U.S. will approve at least three new nuclear power plants
One of the U.K.'s top nuclear officials said today that she was told the U.S. will okay plans to build the first nuclear power plants since the accident at Three Mile Island nearly three decades ago. Lady Barbara Thomas Judge, chair of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, said that the chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission informed her that the NRC will approve three applications for new nuclear reactors that it's currently considering.
By David Biello
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