New York ’s governor on Monday proposed the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades. Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the state’s power authority to develop an advanced, “zero-emission” facility in upstate New York that she hopes will help create a clean,

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.