ATLANTA — America's first new nuclear plants in more than a decade are costing billions of dollars more to build and sometimes taking longer to deliver than planned, problems that could chill the industry's hopes for a jumpstart to the nation's new nuclear age.
Building costs rise at U.S. nuclear sites
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 6:32 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:30 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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