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The simple truth of the matter is that nuclear power plants costs too much. The government regulations and their committees have made the costs astronomical as compared to a natural gas or coal plant. The twin units of Texas' Comanche Peak, a 2.2 Gigawatts plant and the last nuclear power plant build in America, costs were over $8 billion. Just a few miles away the new twin units of the new efficient natural gas plant Wolf Hollow, a 730 Megawatts plant, costs were $235 million. Three Wolf Hollows could fulfill the power capabilities of Comanche Peak. With a crew of less than 100 at Wolf Hollow compared to the crew of close to a 1,000 at Comanche Peak....it appears natural gas plants are cheaper to build and operate.....although nuclear fuel is cheaper than natural gas. For example, there are more security guards at Comanche Peak than there are crew at Wolf Hollow. For nuclear power to proceed in the future, government regulations have to be reduced significantly..... to the point a nuclear power plant similar to Comanche Peak could be built for the price of three Wolf Hollows...... In the beginning Comanche Peak was going to cost in the vicinity of $1 billion...... In the twenty years it took to build and rebuild and rebuild Comanche Peak, costs spiraled almost to the point the utility, TXU, almost stopped building it as many other utilities did in that timeframe.... Fortunately, TXU had the financial resources to continue to build it, but after it is all said and done, was not much better off than building a twin or triple large lignite plant instead..... Currently TXU is planning to build another large lignite plant in Texas at one of the lignite fields it currently owns. This new lignite plant if built will cost much more than the three other large lignite plants TXU operates, as there will have to be an investment in scrubbers etc., which the older three don't have as they are grandfathered in..... Of course one wanders if there is anything considered clean coal.....and how many hoops the government and its regulatory committees will force the price of this new lignite plant upward....could it be as high as building a new nuclear plant? As far as nuclear power is concerned these FAQs at this web site is a very good read: http://www.txucorp.com/power/faqs.aspx
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