The State | 09/07/2008 | The great nuclear power debate - 0 views
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Nuclear power advantages: What supporters say Nuclear power disadvantages: What opponents say TIMELINE: Power by 2016? Drilling debate coming to a head Big money SCE&G and Santee Cooper estimate it will cost about $10 billion to build two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County. What can you do with $10 billion? A few ideas: • Give $10,000 to every household in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia to spend on energy conservation • Run South Carolina’s state government for about 15 months • Cover a month of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan • Build 14 bridges, at $700 million each, the size of Charleston’s Arthur Ravenel Bridge
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SCE&G's plan to build two reactors goes before state regulators Wednesday SCE&G and Santee Cooper estimate it will cost about $10 billion to build two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County. What nuclear energy can you do with $10 billion? A few ideas: Thirty years after the commercial nuclear power industry appeared dead, South Carolina is on the leading edge of its rebound. Nationwide, applications to build a dozen nuclear power reactors - four in South Carolina - have been filed with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. While there is growing public support for nuclear power, its resurgence also has touched off a firestorm of debate.
