Saturday, January 31, 2009

Talking Turkey

"Talking Turkey
Turkey's only bidder for first nuclear plant offers a price of 21 cents per kilowatt-hour
Posted by Joseph Romm (Guest Contributor) at 5:56 PM on 31 Jan 2009

New nuclear power is going to be very expensive -- no matter where the plants are built. The most detailed and transparent recent cost study on the new generation of plants put the cost of power at 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour -- triple current U.S. electricity rates (see 'Exclusive analysis, Part 1: The staggering cost of new nuclear power')."

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