USA Map Shows If You Live Near An Aging Nuclear Reactors
The Daily Caller News Foundation reports;
The country’s youngest nuclear plant, Tennessee’s Watts Bar 1, entered service in 1996. America’s oldest operating reactors — Oyster Creek in New Jersey and Nine Mile Point in upstate New York — entered service in 1969.
The slow pace of building new nuclear reactors is largely due to strict regulations, according to a Monday article in The New York Times. Getting regulatory approval to build new reactors can take 25 years.
In October, U.S. regulators gave the go-ahead for the country’s first new nuclear reactor in 20 years to begin commercial operations, producing nearly 2,300 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 1.3 million homes. Approval for the construction of this reactor, however, took an incredible 43 years due to scandals, red tape and environmental concerns.
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