The Nuclear Comeback: Building New Muscles for Atomic Risk

I was reviewing a press release from American Electric Power this morning, and one name caught my attention. They had just appointed Aaron Walker to lead a group called the Nuclear Development Organization. If you’ve been in this industry for more than a few years, you know that the words "nuclear" and "development" haven't appeared together in the same sentence for quite some time. For decades, the goal of a utility CEO was to keep existing plants running while avoiding building new ones. The memories of cost overruns and construction nightmares from the past remain too vivid to ignore.