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How much did Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?

The Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is the single boiling water reactor plant of PSEG on Artificial Island at Lower Alloways Creek in Salem County, New Jersey, next to the Salem plant, with construction beginning on 1 March 1976, commissioning on 20 December 1986 and the planned second unit cancelled in 1981. Wikipedia gives its construction cost as 8.510 billion dollars in 2007 dollars.

Final project cost

$8.51 billion

Cost basis: 2007

Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plant (USA).
Nuclear Regulatory CommissionPublic domain

Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Final project cost2007
decommissioningcollaborative.org

Project record

Timeline

  1. 1 March 1976

    Construction started

    Wikipedia (Hope Creek infobox)
  2. 20 December 1986

    Opened or launched

    Wikipedia (Hope Creek infobox)

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