Lindsey Graham Helps Win Permits For $10B Nuclear Plant, Gets Rewarded With Cash
Source: ThinkProgress
For years, the SCANA Corporation and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have enjoyed a mutually beneficial alliance. Graham backs the company’s nuclear power interests and the company provides him with campaign cash.
The level of symbiosis between the two became especially evident in recent weeks.
The $13-billion Cayce, SC-based energy company has long wanted a permit to build two new nuclear reactors at its Jenkinsville, SC, facilities. Graham, one of the Senate’s strongest supporters of nuclear power, actively backed their efforts.
In February, the U.S. Nuclear Research Commission voted to approve the country’s first nuclear reactor construction permits in more than 30 years. Graham celebrated it as “a major step on the road to a nuclear renaissance,” adding, “I am hopeful SCANA and (its state-owned partner) Santee Cooper will be the next in line to receive permits for Jenkinsville.” He reiterated the message on Twitter the next day.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/05/01/474499/lindsey-graham-love-nuclear/
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