New York state plans to build a large nuclear power facility, the first new major U.S. plant undertaking in more than 15 years, Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday.

Hochul directed the New York Power Authority to develop and construct a zero-emission advanced nuclear power plant in upstate New York, she said in a press release and at a press conference in Lewiston.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the new plant on Monday morning.

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