China plans to install 40,000 gigawatts of nuclear power generating capacity by 2020, an investment of $50 billion in 30 reactors across the country.

[Joshua Letourneau]

Wow. Would any experts here be privvy to the U.S. plans in the way of nuclear power investment?

[Ray Miller]

Joshua,

At present I believe there are somewhere around 13 new applications for new nuclear power plants.

There is still some hesitation as the "Green" wave displaces the focus on the practical answer nuclear provides.

[Alan Smith]

The DOE Nuclear Power 2010 scorecard provides a good summary.
http://www.ne.doe.gov/np2010/neScorecard/neScorecard.html


The NRC has the list of accepted and anticipated applications.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/new-licensing-files/expec...