A recent New York Times article reports on the first hardware order since the 1970's for a U.S. nuclear plant.
A partnership established to build nuclear reactors has ordered the heavy steel parts needed to make a reactor vessel, as well as other crucial components, apparently the first hardware order for a plant since the 1970's.
The order, which an executive of the partnerhips said was worth "tens of millions of dollars," was a major step toward actual construction after several years of speculation about a nuclear renaissance. . . .
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 27 possible reactors are under discussion across the country, as well as four designs that have been approved or are under review . . . .
But utility specialists say that not all the projects are likely to be built.
A partnership established to build nuclear reactors has ordered the heavy steel parts needed to make a reactor vessel, as well as other crucial components, apparently the first hardware order for a plant since the 1970's.
The order, which an executive of the partnerhips said was worth "tens of millions of dollars," was a major step toward actual construction after several years of speculation about a nuclear renaissance. . . .
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 27 possible reactors are under discussion across the country, as well as four designs that have been approved or are under review . . . .
But utility specialists say that not all the projects are likely to be built.
