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Forgot your password? Power Technology  NRC Approves New Nuclear
Reactor Design 299  Posted by samzenpus from the minimal-leakage
dept. hrvatska writes "The NY Times has an article about the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval of the design of
Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor for the U.S., clearing the way for
two American utilities to continue the construction of projects
in South Carolina and Georgia. The last time a nuclear power
plant in the U.S. entered service was 1996. The AP1000 was
discussed on Slashdot a few years ago."  NRC Approves New
Nuclear Reactor Design  Comments Filter:   • by dbIII (701233)
on Thursday December 22, 2011 @08:43PM (#38467422)     It is not
a new design, it's just the newest of the old designs (1980s via
Toshiba in Japan) that haven't had a single reactor commissioned
yet. The first AP1000 is due to start running in the next year
or two. Things move slowly in civilian nuclear power so it's
just about the fir