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He approves $8.3 billion in the first federal loan guarantees for nuclear energy
President Barack Obama finally came out in support of nuclear energy after a year of apparent indifference.
This past week he approved $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees for two new Westinghouse AP1000 1,150 MW nuclear reactors at Southern's Vogtle site.
In doing so he also extended a hand across the partisan aisle to Republicans in the Senate in an effort to gain support for pending climate change legislation.
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