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In Georgia, Bloated Costs Take Over a Nuclear Power Plant and a Fight Looms Over Who Pays

Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors are six years late and at least $16 billion over their original budget. The plant will have no direct carbon footprint, but critics say there are much cheaper ways to reduce emissions.

By James Bruggers

Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle property is seen in November 2021. Photo Courtesy of Georgia Power

Germany Has Built Clean Energy Economy That U.S. Rejected 30 Years Ago

By Osha Gray Davidson

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

Exclusive: Leak Exposes Culture of Fear at San Onofre

By Elizabeth Douglass

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3. The nuclear power plants a

Repair Costs Soar at Calif. Nuke Plant

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News

The Green River in Utah

Utah Nuclear Plan Reignites Water War

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News

Citizens protest the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project

India: Prospects Dim for Nuclear Expansion

By Ranjit Devraj, InsideClimate News

Zion nuclear power station

Shutting Down a Nuke: $1B and Decades

By Lisa Song, SolveClimate News

Extreme Heat Is Growing Concern for U.S. Nuclear Operators

By Alyson Kenward, Climate Central

U.S. Nuclear Industry Will Remain Ward of the State, as in France, Report Warns

By Sara Stroud

Secrecy Shrouds DOE's $8.3Bn Nuke Plant Loan, Watchdogs Say

By Stacy Feldman

Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success

By Dave Levitan

Focus on '100 New Nuclear Plants' Would Hamper Efforts to Slow Global Warming

By Stacy Feldman

Nuclear Power’s Cost Competitiveness Remains a Critical Question

By Laura Shin

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