Building Nuclear Plants at Shipyards
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Blue Energy plans to build nuclear power plants.
- A2
Blue Energy plans to build nuclear power plants in a new way.
- B1
The energy startup Blue Energy was founded in 2023 by MIT graduate Jake Jurewicz.
- B2
The energy startup Blue Energy was founded in 2023 by MIT alumnus Jake Jurewicz.
- C1
When Unit 3 of Georgia's Vogtle nuclear plant began operating in 2023, it was the first new reactor built in the United States in more than three decades.
- C2
When Unit 3 of Georgia's Vogtle nuclear plant began operating in 2023, it stood as the first new reactor built in the United States in more than three decades.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- found
- to start a new company or organisation
- shipyard
- a place where ships are built and repaired
- funding
- money given by an organisation or government for a specific purpose
- modular
- made from separate parts that can be joined together
- approve
- to officially agree to a plan or request
- schedule
- to plan for something to happen at a certain time
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by MIT News. Read the original for the full report.