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Ichingcarpenter

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 06:40 AM Feb 2014

Critics Blast DOE Nuke Loan As Championing ‘Technological Albatross’

The U.S. Department of Energy Wednesday announced their approval of a $6.5 billion federal loan to fund the construction of two reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating nuclear site in Waynesboro, Georgia, which critics say further cements the Obama administration’s allegiance to a dying and dangerous industry.



https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/19-7

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