"This is the year, if there is ever going to be one. If your entire worldview of nuclear energy depends on the resumption of new reactor construction in the United States, you may get what you need in 2011." The hoped-for prize-combined licenses for Vogtle-3 and -4, the first COLs ever issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission-was ultimately realized in early 2012, but the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami near Japan has had a more lasting impact.
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