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To: nuke_road_warrior

An AP1000 would be great if Westinghouse can build it on cost. Remember the 2017 Westinghouse bankruptcy from reactor cost overruns.


16 posted on 01/16/2026 9:18:37 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenerHow y, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Yes I remember the bankruptcy, and the reason for it. Now that two units in Georgia are operating, and construction of the two units in South Carolina is resuming. Toshiba should have a better understanding of the costs involved as well as not having to recover the first of a kind development costs.

Full disclosure, I worked on the final balance of plant design for the AP-1000.


17 posted on 01/16/2026 7:45:40 PM PST by nuke_road_warrior
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