WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to the announcement that the Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously approved an order allowing continued construction of two additional reactors at Plant Vogtle, the following is a statement by NEI President and CEO Maria Korsnick.

“Completing the Plant Vogtle expansion is good for America on many levels, especially in terms of our national security, our commitment to a cleaner environment, and energy diversity. In addition to the thousands of workers who will cheer this decision, these nuclear facilities when completed will produce decades worth of clean, reliable power and provide billions of dollars in economic benefits.

“Demonstrating we can build and complete new nuclear plants here in America will help us regain our leadership in a technology we invented. America’s pre-eminence in nuclear energy makes our country safer because it allows us to influence and control how this technology is used around the world.”