Energy crisis has University of Utah building up nuclear power program
July 22, 2008
After a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant suffered a partial core meltdown in 1979, university nuclear engineering programs melted away along with prospects of an industry that once promised electrical power too cheap to meter. The University of Utah's program shrunk, but remained one of the nation's 29 programs to survive Three Mile Island and the resulting collapse in nuke construction.
By Brian Maffly
The Salt Lake Tribune
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