Japan Times: Small underground nuclear power plants that could be cheaper to build than their behemoth counterparts may herald the future for an energy industry under intense scrutiny since the Fukushima disaster started, the incoming head of the Nuclear Energy Agency says.
The modular plants could be about as big as a couple of semi-trailers, easily fitting on the dimensions of coal plants they are ultimately intended to replace in the U.S. They would have factory-built parts that are slotted together like...