This Is Heartening
September 25th, 2007 | by Craig |From CNN:
Nuclear regulators expect Tuesday morning to receive NRG’s application for two new units at its facility in Bay City, Texas, about 90 miles southwest of Houston. It will be the first complete construction and operating license submission the government has processed since before the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania in 1979.
But (and you knew there was one):
While NRG and other nuclear renaissance enthusiasts expect new reactors to come online by 2015, a March report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service predicted the process would take closer to 15 years to complete for several reasons, including the government s new review, testing and approval procedures.
Plus, this doesn’t even take into account NIMBYism and the inevitable lawsuits.
Gang, if we’re wanting to cut down on emissions and lower the cost of energy, we might want to figure out a way to fast track getting these nuke plants online.
