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How much did Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant cost to build?

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is the two-unit pressurised water reactor plant on the Chesapeake Bay at Lusby, Maryland, United States, owned and operated by Constellation Energy, with construction begun on 1 June 1968, Unit 1 in commercial operation on 8 May 1975 and Unit 2 on 1 April 1977, and about 1,718 MW of nameplate capacity. English Wikipedia, citing Vera Foster Rollo's Your Maryland: A History, says the total cost of the two units was approximately 766 million dollars.

Reported project cost

$766 million

Cost basis: 1977

Aerial view of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Calvert County, Maryland.
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