> Let's hope the plan incorporates cutting-edge advancements, like molten salt and liquid thorium designs.. Let's hope not. At least not for the first few new

> Let's hope the plan incorporates cutting-edge advancements, like molten salt and liquid thorium designs.. Let's hope not. At least not for the first few new nuclear plants. There is a lot of operating experience with 'traditional' designs and lessons learned over the decade. There are also new lessons learned with the Vogtle AP1000s. Any new construction (in the US) should be AP1000s to take advantage of those lessons. Once people are familiar nuclear again then perhaps look at different designs. But you should learn to crawl and walk before trying to run. (A lot of nuclear construction is the civil works, and is the same for any type of design, and getting that down to cookie cutter output would help any different designs as well.)