"And thanks to its nuclear generation, all that electricity will be carbon free."<p>It ain't carbon-free to build the plants nor to mine and refine the uranium.
7 years late and $16B over budget.<p>Will provide energy only for 1 million people.<p>And “utilities may build as many as five Vogtle-sized reactors over the next 35 years” —- so energy for 5 million more people?<p>How many people is the US going to add over the next 35 years? 50 million? 100 million?<p>It’s telling that even articles in favour of nuclear energy make it clear that nuclear energy is NOT the solution.