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.
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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