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