Cost, timeline of nuclear reactors keeps Georgia Power negotiating

[bananas]

I wonder what corners they'll be cutting to get the price down?

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/01/17/nukedelay_0118.html

Cost, timeline of nuclear reactors keeps Georgia Power negotiating

By MARGARET NEWKIRK
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/17/08

A month after asking for more time to negotiate a price for new nuclear reactors, Georgia Power is still at the bargaining table.

But just barely.

The company had a press release ready to go Wednesday, saying that it couldn't reach an agreement with reactor vendor Westinghouse and was walking away from its original nuclear plans, knowledgeable sources said.

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The brinkmanship was another sign of a steep increase in the cost of new reactors since the utility industry first proposed building them again.

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[diane in sf]

1. Good, they can put in some wind, solar and tide and work on efficiency while they're negotiating

that ever-receding nuke plant.