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Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2024
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The first new nuclear plants since Three Mile Island just came online in Georgia last year. Vogtle 3 and 4 will produce a combined 1.2 GWe at peak capacity.
These reactors took 16 years and multiple bailouts and bankruptcies to complete, costing an estimated $34B to finish.
Hopefully, future power construction will move a little smoother.
As a comparison, the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant took ten years to complete at the cost of around $7.5B and it has a peak generation of 3.3 GWe
4.5x freedom markup. not even that high.