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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