First Nuclear License in 40 Years: A Step Forward, Backward or Running in Place?

First Nuclear License in 40 Years: A Step Forward, Backward or Running in Place?

from The Energy Collective - The world's best thinkers on energy & climate by cnunez

Sometimes the decisions we make are less decisive than they seem. Last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its first license for a new plant in forty years. But that decision, significant though it is, doesn’t do anything to settle the major questions we face on energy.