How much did Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?
The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is the DTE Energy nuclear plant on Lake Erie near Newport, Michigan, whose only operating unit Fermi 2, a General Electric Type 4 boiling water reactor, began construction in 1972 and entered commercial operation on 23 January 1988; the earlier Fermi 1 fast reactor of 1966 was closed in 1972. The US Energy Information Administration's Michigan nuclear profile lists the construction cost of Fermi as 6.110 billion dollars in 2007 dollars.
Reported project cost
$6.11 billion
Cost basis: 2007
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2007
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