Worst us nuclear accident holds lessons for BP

摘要

Not long after the BP-leased nDeepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded nand sank in the Gulf of Mexico, energy-nindustry observers began to compare the nunfolding disaster to the partial melt-ndown of the Three Mile Island nuclear npower plant that nearly sounded the ndeath knell for the US nuclear industry nin 1979.nBut if the heralded-but-still-nascent nnuclear renaissance is any indication, the noil industry can recover from the massive nBP oil spill and even thrive — although nit will likely have to embrace stricter and nmore costly regulations and win over a nwary public.