New York's making a new nuclear-power facility, the country's first major one in over 15 years

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• New York state is building a new nuclear reactor. Gov. Kathy Hochul tells The New York Times that she has ordered the state’s electric utility to add no less than 1 gigawatt of new nuclear power generation. The facility will be located in upstate New York.

New York state is getting more nuclear reactors as officials look for additional power sources.