U.S. nuclear industry is revived with new reactor projects

U.S. nuclear industry is revived with new reactor projects
The U.S. nuclear industry is growing, even though Germany and some other nations are forswearing the technology as a result of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi incident, observers say. For the first time in more than three decades, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cleared the construction of new reactors -- and the approval of two at Plant Vogtle in Georgia was followed with the approval of another construction project in South Carolina. The AP1000 reactors that will be built in those locations have greater safety margins than the Fukushima Daiichi units. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)