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How much did Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?

The Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station is a two-unit boiling-water-reactor plant of about 908 MW and 911 MW on the Mississippi River in Illinois, built by Commonwealth Edison and Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric, with construction beginning on 15 February 1967, Unit 1 commissioned on 18 February 1973 and Unit 2 on 10 March 1973. Wikipedia gives its original cost as USD 250 million in an infobox field that the article itself marks as needing verification and referencing, and no primary source for it was found.

Reported project cost

$250 million

Cost basis: 1973

Quad-Cities station units 1 and 2 are located near Cordova, Illinois.
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Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost1973
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Key dimensions

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1,819 MW

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Timeline

  1. 15 February 1967

    Construction started

    Wikipedia (infobox)
  2. 10 March 1973

    Opened or launched

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