"The subject has been found to have a nuclear construction that harbors a reagent gene," he reported.

A state moratorium on nuclear construction grounded in safety concerns falls squarely within the prohibited field.

Analysis of polling data shows a steady decline in public support for new nuclear construction.

The aim, they say, is "not just to block the Obama administration's push for new nuclear construction, but to convince Americans that existing plants pose dangers".

Although expansion in Britain was slowed by indecision, American enthusiasm for nuclear construction reached a peak in the 1960s.

As we have already seen, the early record of British nuclear construction was not impressive.

Executives of utilities and reactor manufacturers say that the cumbersome licensing system is one reason nuclear construction is dying out.

Stone & Webster's difficulties with constructing conventional power plants were matched by its problems in nuclear construction.

Zimmer had a skeleton staff when nuclear construction stopped in 1983, and will have a permanent staff of 330 when finished.

In part the delays were due to the lack of oversight of subcontractors inexperienced in nuclear construction.