But a comprehensive study of
nuclear power plant construction costs published in Energy Policy last year found that water - cooled nuclear reactors (which are far less expensive than non-water-cooled designs) are already cheap enough to quickly replace fossil fuel power plants.
Toshiba Corp (tosbf) said it may have to book several billion dollars in charges related to a
U.S. nuclear power plant construction company acquisition, sending its stock tumbling 12 % and rekindling concerns about its accounting acumen.
Imagine, also, that, in your second interview with your prospective manager, you presented her with three letters, one each from (a) a
former Nuclear Power Plant Construction Manager, (b) an industrial vendor whose cooperation is critical to large - scale construction, and (c) a former Nuclear Safety Inspector who is tops in his field, all attesting to their view that you are a very significant contributor to success.
Those figures, say the authors of the report, an update on a similar report in 2003, mean that «even if all the announced plans for
new nuclear power plant construction are realized, the total will be well behind that needed for reaching a thousand gigawatts of new capacity worldwide by 2050.»
While some may disagree with Lester Brown's cost comparison between wind power and nuclear power, it's harder to dispute his numbers on the rising costs
of nuclear power plant construction.
Even worse, a nuclear stall can lead to the construction of more coal - fired power plants, as happened in the U.S. after the end of
the nuclear power plant construction era in the 1980s.
Nuclear power plant construction and capital costs are the main impediment to further adoption.