Even as small nuclear reactor designs gain traction, with Westinghouse announcing in early May a new 300-MW version of its larger AP1000 model now in use in Georgia and elsewher, construction hurdles need attention to speed deployment of advanced technology, says a new National Academies analysis.
Senate Democrats call Republican-backed House bill passed on April 26 as "dead on arrival," but measures in it to speed permitting could gain bipartisan support.
The action is the first taken by US Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act to address levels of potentially harmful perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.