We think China has the will, money, skills, technology and desire to build its reactor fleet in the coming decade.
Given that it takes a decade or so to go from deciding to build a reactor to feeding the resulting electricity into a grid, reactors being planned now may still be working in the early 22nd century.
The three other finalists for that remaining money are NRG Energy, which is hoping to build two reactors in Texas, the South Carolina utility SCANA, and Constellation Energy which is hoping to build a reactor in Maryland.
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In addition, companies affiliated with NuStart seem to have a strong likelihood to build a new reactor.
Importantly, the NuStart group will not actually build a new reactor.
The company also still intends to move forward with plans to request regulatory approval to build a third reactor at its nuclear power station in Louisa County, Va.
What if we could build a nuclear reactor that offered no possibility of a meltdown, generated its power inexpensively, created no weapons-grade by-products, and burnt up existing high-level waste as well as old nuclear weapon stockpiles?
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The company nonetheless chose to build a nuclear reactor directly on the coastline and to site all of their backup generators in a location that they should have known would be placed at risk if the area were hit by a 20 foot tall tsunami.
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The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) said the UK does not currently have the capacity to build parts such as reactor pressure vessels.
Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy, Minatom, is keen to build a new nuclear reactor at Seversk, though it does not have the money at present.
More than 50 police officers attended the site as a weekend of action against government plans to build a third nuclear reactor drew to a close.
U.S. and United Nations officials have documented what they describe as serious limitations in Iran's ability to quickly and efficiently produce the enriched uranium required to either fuel a nuclear power reactor or to build an atomic weapon.
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But the Chernobyl cleanup plans were also simpler, experts say: Build a thick concrete container around the shattered reactor and move people away permanently.
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The government defends its decision on the grounds that, if it does decide to build more power plants, owning a major reactor-builder could lead to competition problems.
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On and RWE - hope to build a new power station, next to the existing reactor building, after 2025.
In addition, the company chose to build its cooling facility at a lower elevation than its reactor, a decision that has played a significant role in the current disaster.
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Currently, U.S. utilities are seeking permission to build about a dozen of the AP1000 reactors, far more than any other reactor type in the U.S. Nearly a dozen projects that had contemplated using designs developed by competing firms, such as General Electric Co.
The D-1 fault runs beneath the No. 2 reactor, and the government doesn't allow nuclear-power plant operators to build reactors directly above active faults.
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