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Bid to Build Reactors Is First in Three Decades

NPR (audio): NRG Energy will request permission to build two new nuclear reactors. It's the first request to build a new nuclear power plant in the U.S. in three decades. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has geared up for a flood of applications. NRG's press release.

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