he typical consumer. In 2005, the average cost of nuclear-produced electricity across the US was 1.72 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Over the same time period, the cost of electricity from coal-fired plants per kWh was 2.21 cents and 7.51 cents from natural gas plants.

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