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Nuclear pwoer plant expanditure numbers are in
by Sameer on Jun 21, 2008 11:10 PM
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By early 2008, industry estimates were creeping even above Moody’s dismaying range.
In September 2007, Lew Hay, CEO of FPL Group, said the total cost of a new nuclear plant (all
in mixed future dollars as-spent) could be ~$5,000–7,000/kW, or “on the order of magnitude of
$13 to $14 billion” for a two-unit plant. Yet just five months later, FPL31 filed formal cost estimates
up to nearly twice that high—$12–24 billion
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So for 1000MW plant, the expanditure would be 12x 4000 crores--80,000 crores...can India afford it.
This does not take into account security issues, disposal of waste matrial, soaring cost of uranium, dismantling the plant when its life is over.
Do the thinking..and ask, is nuclear power really for India?
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