| ext"> | | | | electricity demand, construction of new nuclear |
| The news media love headlines, especially those | | | | power plants or the re-activation of shutdown |
| which mention that no nuclear reactor has come | | | | reactors is drawing public and media attention. Both |
| online in more than a decade. How would journalists | | | | of these options, however, would take place in the |
| (and environmentalists) react if they discovered U.S. | | | | future-if at all. A third option that is already taking |
| nuclear utilities have added the ânuclear | | | | place has generated less publicity: uprating existing |
| powerâ equivalent to four large reactors? A | | | | units to generate more power. Although the uprates |
| fifth or more could be on the way. | | | | are usually less than 10 percent, they are quite |
| According to the Energy Information Administration | | | | significant. |
| (EIA) website, âWith projected increases in | | | | |