美国总统奥巴马说，美国30年来首次投资修建核电站仅仅是美国为消除依赖外国能源而努力的开始。奥巴马星期二宣布以80亿美元政府贷款担保在乔治亚州亚特兰大东南部附近建造两个新的核反应堆。
奥巴马在首都华盛顿市区外的一个就业培训中心对工作人员和官员说，美国必须更加努力来创造清洁能源，减少对进口石油的依赖。他警告说，包括中国在内的其他国家已经在核能上投巨资，美国正处于落后的危险当中。这项贷款担保是美国国会2005年批准的185亿美元计划中的一部分。奥巴马已经在他的2011年预算中提议，将该计划的资金增加到540亿美元。
U.S. President Barack Obama says funding for the country’s first nuclear reactors in 30 years is just the beginning of efforts to eliminate the nation’s dependence on foreign energy sources. The president Tuesday unveiled an $8 billion government loan guarantee for the construction of two new reactors near the southeastern city of Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Obama told workers and officials at a jobs training center just outside Washington that the U.S. must do more to create clean energy to reduce its dependence on oil imports. He warned that other countries, including China, are already investing heavily in nuclear energy and that the U.S. is in danger of falling behind. The loan guarantee is part of a $18.5 billion program authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2005. Mr. Obama has proposed increasing funding for the program to $54 billion in his 2011 budget proposal.