NEWSMAX: Jim Ferland, who takes over at Westinghouse April 1, said the nuclear industry is in the middle of a renaissance, but not quite as ready to compete as it was 18 months ago, reports the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Last year’s tsunami in Japan created several problems for the nuclear power industry, Ferland said at a symposium held at the University of Pittsburgh this week. The deadly waves created a massive meltdown at the Fukushima, Japan, nuclear power plants, which were designed by General Electric…
In December, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave Westinghouse the go-ahead to build the first new domestic nuclear power plants since the Three Mile Island accident in 1979… (more)
