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• U.S finalizes $3.7 bln loan for Vogtle nuclear power plant
  
  The U.S. Energy Department on Friday finalized up to $3.7 billion in loan guarantees to finance the construction of units at the delayed and over budget Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia.
  Reuters.  Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:54:06 -0400.
• Tanzania dam: Power plant planned in Selous Game Reserve
  
  Environmentalists oppose the plan to build the plant in one of East Africa's best-known game reserves.
  BBC News.  Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:52:04 GMT.
• Disneyland Paris Hopes To Get Glow From Solar Power
  
  Disneyland Paris has revealed that it is considering building a massive solar power plant which would supply 15% of the electricity at the sprawling theme park complex on the outskirts of Paris.
  By Christian Sylt, Contributor.  Forbes.  Sun, 2 Dec 2018 16:45:00 -0500.
• Fukushima's ghost towns
  
  More than 7 years after one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, towns around Japan's nuclear power plant struggle to rebuild
  CBS News.  Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:27:46 +0000.
• China-backed hydro dam threatens world's rarest orangutan
  
  Indonesian firm PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy is building the power plant with backing from Sinosure, a Chinese state-owned enterprise and the Bank of China.
  Daily Mail.  Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:02:16 GMT.
• Putin, Mirziyoev Launch Construction Of Nuclear Power Plant In Uzbekistan
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev have launched the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan's western region of Navoiy, which Moscow estimates will cost $11 billion.
  Radio Liberty.  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 07:47:26 +0000.
• ENR California Best Projects 2018 Specialty Construction: Humboldt Bay Power Plant Decommissioning-Caisson Removal
  
  The decommissioning process at Pacific Gas and Electric’s Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant, built in the 1960s, required painstaking excavations.
  Engineering News-Record.  Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:45:00 -0400.
• Deal Keeps Alive Last U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Under Construction
  
  Owners of the last remaining nuclear-power plant under construction in the U.S. agreed to keep working, even as rising costs and unpredictable financial risks threaten the half-built project.
  Wall Street Journal.  Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:38:58 EDT.
• Georgia Nuclear plant gets go-ahead despite budget overages
  
  ATLANTA (AP) - The owners of the last nuclear power plant still under construction in the U.S. say the project will continue after they resolved a disagreement about multibillion-dollar budget overages. ...
  Ben Nadler.  Washington Times.  Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:13:45 -0400.

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