Aalo seems to attract attention as a major milestone. Yet after all the coverage of new reactor startups, new NRC reforms, there’s still no NRC site construction license (COL) for this or any other commercial power reactor. Good grief not even the Palisades restart has yet to occur. One might expect more calls for reform, but the media coverage promotes the notion that a nuclear renaissance is already underway.
Aalo seems to attract attention as a major milestone. Yet after all the coverage of new reactor startups, new NRC reforms, there’s still no NRC site construction license (COL) for this or any other commercial power reactor. Good grief not even the Palisades restart has yet to occur. One might expect more calls for reform, but the media coverage promotes the notion that a nuclear renaissance is already underway.