Washington Post: Nuclear power is on the verge of a renaissance in the United States. Though there hasn’t been a new nuclear plant licensed and built in over 30 years, the nation’s de facto ban on nuclear power expansion is coming to an end. The nuclear industry reports there are 17 companies and consortiums pursuing licenses to build more than 30 new nuclear reactors. Construction on the first of these could begin within a few years. If any of these plants actually gets built and the nuclear revival …