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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Long considered a pariah by environmental activists, nuclear energy is making a comeback as the new darling of the US "green" rush, as Americans cozy up to the idea of carbon-free power. The nuclear drive underway caps nearly three decades of a freeze on reactor construction following the 1979 accident at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island (TMI) plant, which sparked panic over t…