U.S. Nuclear Group Expects Four to Eight Reactors by 2020

Japan’s nuclear crisis won’t prevent construction of four to eight reactors in the U.S. by 2020, said Nuclear Energy Institute Chief Executive Officer Marvin Fertel.

The NEI, a trade group representing reactor operators, doesn’t expect the partial meltdown of a Japanese plant after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami to “have a major impact on new nuclear plant licensing,” Fertel said today at an industry conference in Washington.