The Nuclear Energy Palimpsest
The Nuclear Energy Palimpsest | ETF TrendsRepainting the canvas. The nuclear energy opportunity has been gathering renewed interest lately. Up until The Southern Company's plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 finally got completed and brought online in 2023 and 2024, it had been nearly four decades since new traditional nuclear capacity had been built from scratch. Decommissioning and retirement of nuclear power plants began in the 1980's, slowed in 2000-2010, and then reached its peak from 2012- 2022, taking capacit ...