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How much did Oconee Nuclear Station cost to build?

Oconee Nuclear Station is Duke Energy's three-unit pressurized water reactor plant on Lake Keowee in Seneca, South Carolina, whose construction began on 6 November 1967 and whose units were commissioned on 15 July 1973 (Unit 1), 9 September 1974 (Unit 2) and 16 December 1974 (Unit 3). The Wikipedia infobox gives its cost as USD 1.961 billion in 2007 dollars, a restated figure of the Energy Information Administration kind, not the nominal 1960s and 1970s construction spending, and no second source could be opened.

Reported project cost

$1.961 billion

Cost basis: 2007

Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca (Oconee County, South Carolina).
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Reported project cost2007
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  1. 6 November 1967

    Construction started

    Wikipedia (Oconee Nuclear Station infobox)

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