Feds move closer to approving nuclear reactor  — Federal
regulators are leaning toward approving the reactor design for
what would be the first new U.S. nuclear plant in a generation.
As of Wednesday, three of the five members of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission have said they will approve the AP1000
reactor design from Westinghouse Electric Co.  But those
preliminary votes do not become official until the NRC holds a
final vote during a public meeting. And commissioners must still
decide if the approval will then take effect immediately or only
after a 30-day waiting period.  Utility companies want to use
the reactors for potential nuclear plants in Georgia, Florida
and the Carolinas. Atlanta-based Southern Co. has asked the NRC
to speed up the approval process for its planned plant in
Georgia.  The Associated Press