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The South Carolina reactors were abandoned. Vogtle looks on track to spin up this year. Vogtle was held up a long time because the index reactor of the type in China was held up while the factories were taking a while to figure out how to make the parts.

In so far as a water reactor could be practical (awful economics of the steam turbine and steam generators) the AP1000 looks pretty good.



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