Nuclear Reactors 295 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Still Working On The Abandonment Of New Reactors Being Construct At The VC Summer Power Plant

       I have blogged a lot about the project to build two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power reactors at the VC Summer power plant in South Carolina. This was a very important project because no new nuclear reactors had been built in the U.S. in decades. Serious cost overruns and construction delays plagued the project and resulted in the bankruptcy of Westinghouse, the prime contractor.

Nuclear Reactors 294 - Failing U.S. Nuclear Industry Is Vital To U.S. National Security Says Former Secretary Of Energy

        Former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz released a report today stating that the fact that the U.S. nuclear energy sector is in decline constitutes a risk for U.S. national security. The report was issued by the Energy Futures institute.

Nuclear Reactors 294 - Utah Counties Considering Participation In Project To Build Thorium Reactor To Produce Medical Isotopes

       I have blogged about thorium reactors before. They have been studied and experimented with since the 1950s. There are enthusiastic supporters of the use of thorium to produce electricity but the question can be honestly raised about why, after seventy years, there are no thorium power reactors today.

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