Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors Stalled by Costly Delays
- Toshiba seen booking billions in impairment on nuclear unit
- Shadows of Fukushima impair industry push on new age reactors
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Costly delays, growing complexity and new safety requirements in the wake of the triple meltdown at Fukushima are conspiring to thwart a new age of nuclear reactor construction.
So-called generation III+ reactors were supposed to have simpler designs and safety features to avoid the kind of disaster seen in Japan almost six years ago. With their development, the industry heralded the dawn of a new era of cheaper, easier-to-build atomic plants.