Opponents point out that the oil and gas industry, the nuclear industry, and many other industries received favorable treatment when they were in their infancy.
The nuclear industry has about doubled the potency of nuclear fuel rods since 1970, allowing plants to stay online longer between refueling outages and to produce less waste.
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While the accident has generated huge safety concerns about Japan's nuclear industry, by forcing the closure of other nuclear reactors, it has also sharply reduced Japan's energy-supply capabilities.
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Today, the Vice President hosted a group of leaders from the American and international nuclear industry to encourage them to adopt and promote higher nuclear security standards.
Bernard Eastlund, a physicist and veteran of the American nuclear industry, has proposed an ingenious way to deal with these nuclear leftovers.
The Vice President also challenged the nuclear industry to prepare a set of best practices to be delivered at the Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea in 2012.
Hitherto NSG rules barred nuclear commerce with any country that had not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or had not put all its nuclear industry under safeguards operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear guardian.
As a result, there is an unlikely alliance between the nuclear industry and many environmentalists, as a growing number of greens have come to believe that nuclear energy is the best way to reduce carbon emissions.
"Success here is the linchpin for the nuclear industry in this country, " says Joseph "Buzz" Miller, executive vice president for nuclear development for Southern.
The chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, Keith Parker, said it was the only way to build the next generation of nuclear stations.
The idea of closing down Sweden's nuclear industry emerged two decades ago, when a large majority of Swedes voted in a referendum to scrap nuclear power.
Many experts predict the nuclear industry is poised to make a comeback in this environment.
The other big winners in the energy budget are, surprise, surprise, the nuclear industry.
The crisis also revealed serious flaws in the nuclear industry's regulatory systems and safety standards.
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In the last two days, the picture for the nuclear industry clouded over, big time.
The strategy will be overseen by a Nuclear Industry Council, co-chaired by ministers and industry.
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Companies involved in the nuclear industry have expressed caution over entering the UK market.
"The nuclear industry has worked alongside tourism for as long as I can remember, " he said.
Even before the disaster in Japan, the U.S. nuclear industry's ambitious expansion plans were running into trouble.
At the same time, such proactive global action puts the nuclear industry itself in a watchdog role.
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If you care about greenhouse gases, we've got to look at a safe and secure nuclear industry.
The Bush administration says India's nuclear industry, though not its atomic weapons program, will be under tighter safeguards.
Japan will import more liquefied natural gas (or LNG) to meet the shortfalls created by its nuclear industry.
All the while, the nuclear industry is outpacing the agency with a low-budget, voluntary and potentially ineffective plan.
Some think a "yes" is a forgone conclusion given how vital the nuclear industry is to Cumbria's economy.
The only time we do care is for the nuclear industry: Hf is opaque to neutrons, Zr transparent.
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The nuclear industry has been on a rollercoaster for the past several weeks.
"Water is the nuclear industry's Achilles heel, " Jim Warren, executive director of N.
The nuclear industry seems likely to win subsidised insurance and perhaps production credits.
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