As it turns out, all 18 corporate applicants seeking permits for new US nuclear power reactors – and lining up for tens of billions in federal loan guarantees – plan to use foreign manufacturers and labor to build major parts of those reactors....
“Nuclear power is US-made power only in the same way that a shirt made in China is ‘American’ because you buy it at a Wal-Mart in this country"....
link: US-backed loans to expand nuclear power: a boon for overseas jobs? - CSMonitor.com
Meanwhile...
Marist Poll - About three-quarters of American residents — 74% — know the U.S. declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776. 26% do not. This 26% includes one-fifth who are unsure and 6% who thought the U.S. separated from another nation. That begs the question, “From where do the latter think the U.S. achieved its independence?” Among the countries mentioned are France, China, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.
link: UNDERNEWS
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