How much did Diablo Canyon Power Plant cost to build?
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is the two-unit Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor plant of Pacific Gas and Electric near Avila Beach, California, with Unit 1 in commercial operation from 7 May 1985 and Unit 2 from 13 March 1986 and operation extended by state law through 2030. The US Energy Information Administration's California nuclear profile lists its construction cost as 11.556 billion dollars in 2007 dollars.
Reported project cost
$11.556 billion
Cost basis: 2007
Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USACC BY 2.0
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2007
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