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How much did Cooper Nuclear Station cost to build?

The Cooper Nuclear Station is the single-unit boiling water reactor plant of about 800 MW on the Missouri River near Brownville, Nebraska, owned by the Nebraska Public Power District, with construction begun on 1 June 1968 and commercial operation from 1 July 1974. The US Energy Information Administration's Nebraska nuclear profile lists its construction cost as 1.152 billion dollars in 2007 dollars.

Reported project cost

$1.152 billion

Cost basis: 2007

Cooper Nuclear Power Plant on the edge of the 2011 Missouri River Floods on June 15, 2011
U.S. Army Corp of EngineersPublic domain

Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2007
en.wikipedia.org

Project record

Timeline

  1. 1 June 1968

    Construction started

    U.S. Energy Information Administration

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