美国计划复兴核电

An ambitious government programme aims to fast-track the testing of advanced reactors Vanessa Bates Ramirez DESPITE providing nearly a fifth of US electricity generation, nuclear power in the country has stagnated for decades. Regulatory hurdles, public scepticism and cheaper energy sources led to plant closures, moratoriums and a lack of funding for novel nuclear technologies. But spiking electricity demand – driven largely by data centres – is spurring a nuclear revival, and the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program is fast- tracking the testing of advanced reactor designs. …