The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Power
1977 - Carter's policy not to reprocess spent fuel
1979 - Three Mile Island accident
1979 - China Syndrome movie release
1986 - Chernobyl accident
Between 1974 and 1991, more than 200 power plants
were canceled about half fossil fuel, half nuclear
demand for electricity dropped after the '73 Arab oil
embargo. Plant cancellations were not the result of the
TMI accident, as is commonly thought.
SOURCE:Nuclear Energy Institute