US considering financing billions of dollars in long-lead time parts of nuclear plants-NEI says
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy is considering a plan to finance billions of dollars for components of large nuclear reactors that can take a long time to secure, Maria Korsnick, the head of the industry group Nuclear Energy Institute said on Tuesday.
Items such as reactor vessels and steam generators can take years to secure, and the effort would attempt to reduce the time it takes to build AP1000 nuclear plants. The DOE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
