DOE to help fund two new US nuclear reactors

Nature : The US Department of Energy has approved $6.5 billion in loan guarantees for two nuclear power plants under construction in Georgia. Along with two others that have been approved for construction in South Carolina, those are the first new reactors to be built in the US in three decades. The Obama administration supports nuclear power as a way for the US to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil, but it is also funding other energy sources, such as natural gas and renewables, which have been providing stiff competition.