"Today's announcement that the NRC has approved licenses for two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that will create up to 3,800 new jobs is great news, especially in these economic times,"
Inhofe Welcomes NRC Approval for Two Nuclear Reactors that will Create up to 3,800 Jobs
Link to Inhofe National Journal Blog Post: Nuclear Renaissance in Obama's Hands
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Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, welcomed the news today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved license applications for South Carolina Electric & Gas to build two new reactors at the Virgil C. Summer nuclear generating station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina. These new reactors will create 3,000 construction jobs as well as 600 to 800 permanent jobs. This approval represents the Commission's second pair of new nuclear reactor approvals in two months. The license approval process took four years to complete and the four NRC commissioners voted in favor of the project, while NRC Chairman Jaczko voted against it. Prior to the Vogtle decision last month, no new nuclear reactors had been approved in the United States since 1978.
