"Today marks the most significant and tangible step to date, towards the construction of the first new nuclear power plant in the United States in over 30 years.

DOE is confident that with NRG's reactor design selection and cooperation with their partners, General Electric and Toshiba, this project will likely result in the first of many new reactors being constructed and operated in the U.S.  This reactor would join an American nuclear industry that is safe, secure and has a strong record to prove it.

We look forward to the continued cooperation with industrial partners and the NRC on the road to substantial deployment of new emissions-free and reliable nuclear power in the near future.”

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