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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Building costs increase at US nuclear sites

Building costs rising at new nuclear sites: Licensing delays, meltdown in ...
Poughkeepsie Journal
ATLANTA -- America's first new nuclear plants in more than a decade are costing billions more to build and sometimes taking longer to deliver than planned, problems that could chill the industry's hopes for a jumpstart to the nation's nuclear age.

 
Building costs rise at US nuclear sites
Albany Times Union
Other utilities still seeking to build have said they expect the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will adopt new safety rules in response to the accident; they cannot predict the exact costs. To win appr

Building costs increase at US nuclear sites

Fox News - ‎Jul 10, 2012‎
ATLANTA – America's first new nuclear plants in more than a decade are costing billions more to build and sometimes taking longer to deliver than planned, problems that could chill the industry's hopes for a jumpstart to the nation's new nuclear age.

AP IMPACT: Construction costs rising, schedules slipping at new US nuclear ...

Victoria Times Colonist - ‎Jul 10, 2012‎
By Ray Henry, AP July 10, 2012 FILE - In this April 2007 file photo provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority, steam rises from the cooling tower of the single operating reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tenn.
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Building costs rise at nuclear plants

Great Falls Tribune - ‎Jul 11, 2012‎
Cooling towers for units 1 and 2 are seen at left as the new reactor vessel bottom head for unit 3 stands under construction in February at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Vogtle, initially estimated to cost $14 billion, ...

America's New Nuclear Plants Cost Billions More Than Expected

Business Insider - ‎Jul 11, 2012‎
AP | Jul. 11, 2012, 6:47 AM | 1606 | 9 ATLANTA (AP) — America's first new nuclear plants in more than a decade are costing billions more to build and sometimes taking longer to deliver than planned, problems that could chill the industry's hopes for a ...

IMPACT: Building costs rise at US nuclear sites

Ocala - ‎Jul 10, 2012‎
FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2012 file pool photo, the Unit 3 nuclear island where a new nuclear reactor will sit is seen before a visit by US Secretary of Energy Secretary Steven Chu at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga.
al to build at Plant Vogtle, Southern Co. had ...

News Guide: Nuclear industry facing cost pressures while building new round of ...

Newser - ‎Jul 10, 2012‎
By AP | Associated Press | Jul 10, 2012 7:18 PM CDT in A: Three. Two nuclear reactors are being built at Plant Vogtle in eastern Georgia. Two more reactors are under construction at Plant Summer in central South Carolina. A fifth reactor mothballed in ...
      

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