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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 01:44 PM
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11. Here are the estimates from the 2007 Keystone report
Construction cost: $3,600-$4,000/kW
Average life span: 30-40 years
Electricity cost: 8-11 cents/kWh
I gave the link to the report in the OP.
These estimates are now considered low,
but I still see people quoting earlier estimates of $2,000/kW,
which is why I only mentioned construction costs in the OP.
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  -DOE loan applications are in, nuclear construction costs $6,528/KW bananas  Oct-08-08 06:43 AM   #0 
  - good post, thank you!!!!!!!!  grannie4peace   Oct-08-08 06:53 AM   #1 
  - Over how much time?  comtec   Oct-08-08 08:09 AM   #2 
  - You're absolutely right.  kristopher   Oct-08-08 03:15 PM   #5 
  - No I'm serious, over what time?  comtec   Oct-09-08 02:33 AM   #7 
     - Alright, taking you as serious...  kristopher   Oct-09-08 01:03 PM   #9 
     - Thank you  comtec   Oct-10-08 02:19 AM   #14 
     - Here are the estimates from the 2007 Keystone report  bananas   Oct-09-08 01:44 PM   #11 
  - It's probably a "built to completion" number.  TheWraith   Oct-08-08 07:51 PM   #6 
  - I couldn't agree more.  Oerdin   Oct-09-08 10:06 AM   #8 
  - With the extremely high default rate for nuclear, what do you expect might happen?  kristopher   Oct-08-08 01:47 PM   #3 
  - Plus health costs and shipping cost.....  abqmufc   Oct-08-08 03:00 PM   #4 
  - Pales in comparison to the costs for coal plant emission-caused cancer. nt  wtmusic   Oct-09-08 01:15 PM   #10 
     - But the alternative is renewable energy, not fossil fuels  kristopher   Oct-09-08 03:45 PM   #12 
  - Wow! That much cheaper than renewable toys subsidized by tax breaks for the rich?  NNadir   Oct-09-08 06:59 PM   #13 
  - ENERGY "too cheap to meter" Yeah, RIGHT! Recommended. And this of course does not even  JohnWxy   Oct-10-08 12:12 PM   #15 
 

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