Statement of Third Way Vice President for Public Affairs Matt Bennett on Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees
February 16, 2010
The President’s announcement today of a conditional loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle power plant is great news. Along with the proposal in the budget to significantly expand the loan guarantee program, it is now clear that the Obama administration is serious about deploying new nuclear power to help America get running on clean energy.
As the main progressive voice for expanding nuclear power, Third Way has worked for years to help jumpstart a nuclear renaissance as part of a broad clean energy agenda. The President’s recent actions should appeal to people of all ideological stripes, and we hope they find wide support in Congress.


