Only twice the over run is not bad these days. Nuclear is a fantastic idea on paper. Then that paper gets shredded. "In the United States, the cost of Georgia

Only twice the over run is not bad these days. Nuclear is a fantastic idea on paper. Then that paper gets shredded. "In the United States, the cost of Georgia Power’s newest twin Vogtle reactors may top initial estimates of $14 billion and reach $21 billion, according to recent Georgia Public Service Commission testimony. Of course, the first two Vogtle Units begun in 1971 took 18 years to build (a decade over schedule) at a final price of $9 billion — ten times the original price tag. BloombergBusiness wrote last fall, “Even as sympathetic an observer as John Rowe [former chair of the U.S.’s largest nuclear utility] warns that the new units at Vogtle will be uneconomical when — or if — they’re completed.” https://thinkprogress.org/the-nuclear-industry-prices-itself-out-of-market-for-new-power-plants-1421750327c3/ https://thinkprogress.org/the-nuclear-industry-prices-itself...