U.S. Secretary of Energy Secretary Steven Chu will visit the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Wednesday to highlight steps the Obama Administration is taking to restart America’s nuclear energy industry. In Waynesboro, Secretary Chu will join Southern Company CEO Thomas A. Fanning, Georgia Power CEO W. Paul Bowers, and local leaders for a tour of Vogtle units 3 and 4 -- the site of the first two new nuclear power units to be built in the United States in more than 30 years.
The Secretary will also deliver remarks on the Obama Administration’s support for restarting America’s nuclear energy industry as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that promotes innovation and creates American jobs.
Secretary Chu will also tour the Nuclear Modeling and Simulation Energy Innovation Hub at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The hub was created in 2010 to use advanced capabilities of the world`s most powerful computers to significantly improve nuclear reactor design and engineering
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