How much did Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?
The Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station is the two-unit pressurised water reactor plant near Columbia, Alabama, owned by Alabama Power and operated by Southern Nuclear, with a combined net capacity of 1,734 MW, begun on 1 October 1970, with unit 1 in commercial operation on 1 December 1977 and unit 2 on 30 July 1981. The US Energy Information Administration's State Nuclear Profiles give its construction cost as 4.115 billion dollars in 2007 dollars, while Wikipedia says the historical total cost of the plant was about 1.57 billion dollars.
Reported project cost
$4.115 billion
Cost basis: 2007
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Reported project cost2007
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- PowerU.S. Energy Information Administration
- 1,734 MW
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