With all the concerns over greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, the nuclear power industry may be poised for a comeback here in the US.This excellent article in The American Spectator by William Tucker illustrates why nuclear power plants may start being built again:If you're tracking the nuclear power revival in America, last Tuesday, September 25, was a milestone. For the first time since 1973, a new application for building a reactor was placed before the federal government. The applicant was NRG Energy, Inc., an 18-year-old "merchant" corporation headquartered in New Jersey's Princeton Corridor.... The proposal submitted Tuesday is to build two new reactors with a total capacity of 2,700 megawatts at the South Texas Project site in Matagorda County, where two nuclear units have already operated for 25 years. The size of the reactors is unprecedented -- the biggest American plants generally produce about 1,200 MW. "This is a historical event," said...(Read Full Post)