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How much did Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?

The Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant is the two-unit Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor plant of American Electric Power on Lake Michigan near Bridgman, Michigan, with construction begun in March 1969 and commercial operation of Unit 1 on 28 August 1975 and Unit 2 on 1 July 1978. The US Energy Information Administration's Michigan nuclear profile lists its construction cost as 3.352 billion dollars in 2007 dollars.

Reported project cost

$3.352 billion

Cost basis: 2007

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station in United States
Paul SequeiraPublic domain

Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2007
en.wikipedia.org

Project record

Timeline

  1. 25 March 1969

    Construction started

    U.S. Energy Information Administration

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