The seven states comprising the southeastern corner of the United States already are home to 30 of the nation's 103 nuclear power reactors.
The relatively clean and inexpensive power they produce has played a key part in the region's industrial development prowess.
Today the South is preparing to play an even greater role in the nuclear power industry's resurgence – and is willing to pay for the privilege. Of the 28 new nuclear reactor units expected to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission through 2009, half are in the Southeast.
The late May restart of Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry 1 reactor makes it 15 of 29. According to interviews conducted by Site Selection, the horizon is aglow with opportunity.
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Even more to the point, nuclear plant development continues apace in many countries, putting other projects ahead of U.S. projects in the queue for components and services.
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