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How much did Columbia Generating Station cost to build?

The Columbia Generating Station is the single-unit General Electric Type 5 boiling water reactor plant of about 1,200 MW on the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington, operated by Energy Northwest, with construction begun on 1 August 1972 and commercial operation from 13 December 1984. The US Energy Information Administration's Washington nuclear profile lists its construction cost as 6.392 billion dollars in 2007 dollars.

Reported project cost

$6.392 billion

Cost basis: 2007

View of the Columbia Nuclear Generating Station and low draft cooling towers at Hanford WA, USA.
Chris UhlikCC BY-SA 4.0

Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2007
en.wikipedia.org

Project record

Timeline

  1. 1 August 1972

    Construction started

    U.S. Energy Information Administration

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