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Nuclear Poised for Comeback: GE, Hitachi Win Design Approval for Passive Reactor

All the technical experts who are betting on Nuclear comeback in US is in for a rude shock. Whatever technology, these companies offer, the common folks in small towns and cities are going to gang up and shoot down these proposals. Isn't it obvious that numerous proposals to install Wind turbines in many states are being rejected by people who are against installing anything in their backyard. Many transmission line corridors are slowly winding through city hearing councils for approval and will never be constructed. People have become suspicious and cynical on having any ugly object in their backyard or neighborhood. This mindset will kill all new construction proposal whether it's Solar, Wind or Nuclear. What's the guarantee that a giant Nuclear reactor complex will be approved anywhere in US? This is just a day dream for all Nuclear vendors and reality will set in very soon. The Yucca Mountain storage is completely shelved and where will spent rods be stored in US. These issues will have to be solved first before approving any new reactor in US. To begin with, let voters decide on an alternate prison site for Gitmo somewhere in the country. I doubt if this will ever happen.