"We're getting close, but we're not done," with new atomic reactor federal loan guarantees, Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman has told ClimateWire's Peter Behr. This despite Energy Secretary Steven Chu's earlier threat to issue such guarantees -- risking up to $18.5 billion in taxpayer-backed loans for new reactors and an additional $2.0 billion for new uranium enrichment facilities -- by the end of this year.