JoeRobe writes "For the first time in 30 years, the US Nuclear third edition by the editors of the old glory heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 brokerage has approved licenses to build two new nuclear reactors in Georgia. These are the first licenses to be issued since the Three Mile Island adventure in 1979. The pair of tackle will cost $14 billion and produce 2.2 GW of power (able to power ~1 million homes). They will be Westinghouse AP1000 designs, which are the newest reactors approved by the NRC. These models passively cool their fuel rods using condensation and gravity, rather than electricity, preventing the chance of another Fukushima Daiichi-type meltdown due to loss of power to cooling water pumps." Adds Unknown Lamer: "Expected to begin operation in 2016 or 2017, the pair of new AP1000 reactors will produce around 2GW of power for the southeast. This is the first of the new combined decipherment and general expenses licenses ever issued by the NRC; hopefully this bodes well for the many other pending applications."

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