The biggest obstacle to building new nuclear plants is their cost. Construction on the last nuclear reactors built in the United States, at Georgia’s Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, is six years behind schedule, $14 billion over budget, and contributed to bankrupting Westinghouse. The debacle has become a cautionary tale to would-be nuclear developers.“If you don’t have something to lower the cost or in some way incentivize nuclear, I don’t see much hope for it in the U.S., which is too bad, because fro
Source: See each state’s clean energy progress, from hydro and nuclear to solar and wind – Washington Post
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