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Trump adds $3.7B in support to finish 2 new nuclear reactors
Expansion of Plant Vogtle has fallen years behind schedule, price tag has nearly doubled
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In this June 13, 2014, file photo, a new cooling tower for a nuclear power plant reactor that's under construction stands near the two operating reactors at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced Friday, March 22, 2019, that the Trump administration has finalized $3.7 billion in new loan guarantees to support completion of the first new U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in a generation, calling the expansion of nuclear energy "the real" Green New Deal. - photo by Associated Press
SAVANNAH — Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced Friday that the Trump administration has finalized $3.7 billion in new loan guarantees to support completion of the first new U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in a generation, calling the expansion of nuclear energy "the real" Green New Deal.
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