Administration officials

“will issue loans worth a total of $17.5 billion to help fund 10 new nuclear power reactors nationwide”

“seven utility companies have entered into letters of intent with Westinghouse, but the agency will select just five that will ultimately receive funding to construct two reactors each”

“Each of the 10 reactors will generate 1.1 gigawatts of power, which is enough to power roughly a million homes”

“This means that Tuesday's announcement will kickstart projects that could power 10 million homes altogether”

“Just two reactors, both at the same plant in Georgia, have been licensed and constructed in the 21st century”

“they told us that this family, the Keller family of Reno, Nev., had a $168,000 mortgage but their home has depreciated to $100,000 because home prices in Reno, Nev., have dropped 50 percent since the…”

“they told us that the Kellers bought their home 14 years ago.”