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Paul Dickerson in The Seattle Times: Safe, secure nuclear energy must be part of climate change solution
04/19/2010
The Seattle Times, Monday, April 19, 2010
By Paul Dickerson and Adam Grosser
Special to The Times
For an industry that couldn't buy any love over the past three decades, it sure must feel like Valentine's Day to nuclear-energy supporters.
First, they were treated to unprecedented policy support from the Obama administration. In the span of several weeks, the president linked new nuclear plants to cleanenergy jobs during his State of the Union address, proposed tripling federal loan guarantees for nuclear plants, and kicked off the first wave of reactor construction in the U.S. in more than 30 years by agreeing to financially support two new reactors in Georgia.
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