Plant Vogtle
Site in Georgia (U.S. state), United States.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can We Have Abundance What About Flying Cars | Ben Putano | subject | The plant is offered as the example of how prohibitively expensive US nuclear construction is, compared with Chinese plants of the same size costing $6-7 billion and taking 5-7 years. |
Can We Have Abundance? What About Flying Cars? — Ben Putano (2025)
Source: Can We Have Abundance What About Flying Cars · Original · Readwise highlight
Plant Vogtle, the only nuclear power plant built in the US since the 1970s,
- Role: subject
- In the article: The plant is offered as the example of how prohibitively expensive US nuclear construction is, compared with Chinese plants of the same size costing $6-7 billion and taking 5-7 years.
- Why it matters: It is the evidence for the claim that the problem is the difficulty of building, not just bans.