UNITED STATES: Nuclear power revival will take time

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  • Post-1980 slump
  • High-profile incidents
  • Cost over-runs
  • Electricity market deregulation
  • Drivers of US revival
  • No significant accidents
  • Energy security concerns
  • Exceptional efficiency increases
  • Industry consolidation
  • Improved plant designs
  • Government subsidies
  • Anticipated carbon caps
  • Barriers to a boom?
  • Political/regulatory hurdles
  • Long-term waste
  • Soaring construction costs
  • Regional political variations
  • Delayed impact
  • Political opposition?
  • State regulatory issues
  • Public opinion
  • Presidential politics
  • International implications

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