Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Stone & Webster ta matsaloli tare da gina al'ada ikon shuke-shuke da aka dace da ta matsaloli a cikin nukiliya yi. A ƙarshen 1970s, kamfanin ya sami matsayi na tsakiya a masana'antar makamashin nukiliya - an samar da wani ɓangare mai mahimmanci na dukkan makamashin nukiliya a Amurka a cikin tsire-tsire da Stone & Webster suka tsara kuma suka samar. A cikin 1975, an zaɓi kamfanin don gina Clinch River Breeder Reactor. Duk da haka, karuwar adawa da jama'a game da gina gine-ginen nukiliya, jinkiri mai tsawo da aka kawo ta hanyar kalubalanci a gaban kwamitocin jama'a, da kuma karuwar da aka samu a cikin gine-ginen gine-ginen, wanda ya faru a cikin lamarin.
a Three Mile Island a 1979, ya kawo dakatar da gina manyan tashoshin nukiliya da kuma soke umarni da yawa da ke akwai.