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In 2009, beach closings and advisories hit their sixth-highest level in the 20 years the Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) has been tracking them. The continuing high number of closing and advisory days, combined with a relatively
constant level of bacterial contamination at ocean, bay, and Great Lakes beaches, suggests that our nation’s beaches
require a more concerted effort to identify and control the sources of water pollution that put swimmers at risk.
In February 2010, the Obama administration announced that it would help finance two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power station in Georgia, offering an $8.33 billion loan guarantee to Georgia Power (a subsidiary of Southern Company) and two other companies invested in the project.
