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Report shows MOX cost has risen by $2 billion
Posted: 02.14.2013 at 5:53 PM
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A report released Thursday by the General Accountability Office says the National Nuclear Security Administration recently estimated the mixed-oxide fuel project at the Savannah River Site near Aiken would cost about $2 billion more than expected.

 / nnsa.energy.gov
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The price tag on a South Carolina project intended to turn weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear reactors has gone up.

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