By Jarret Adams

Check out this great new video from the Southern Company on the progress it is making to build a new nuclear plant in Georgia. Perhaps most interesting to note is that there are already some 1,300 workers on site only a little over six months after the project received a federal loan guarantee.

Loan guarantees are not direct subsidies but do enable deserving projects to secure financing so that we can begin investing in new clean energy infrastructure. And as this Southern Co. video attests, these new jobs and investment these projects bring do not take years to arrive.
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Yes, we have faced challenges with the construction of the first EPR™ reactor, Olkiluoto 3 in Finland. AREVA will be the first to admit that this project is behind its ambitious original schedule and has been open about the entire process.

AREVA knows that as the leader we are in a prominent position and we expect to face questions and criticism. This level of scrutiny has not deterred AREVA from communicating on this project. Rather, AREVA has increased the standard for dialogue and level of transparency for nuclear projects. Recognizing the significance of this project, AREVA has made communicating on both our progress and delays a priority.
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