Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Estimate for uranium facility goes from $600 million to $11.6 billion

It would be one of the largest nuclear weapons investments since World War II. A watchdog group says the work – which may not be needed – can be done for less elsewhere.



The cost of a proposed uranium processing facility for nuclear weapons in Oakridge, Tenn., has soared as high as $11.6 billion — 19 times the original estimate — even as critics accuse the Energy Department of overstating the need for spare bomb parts.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/UMlo8oQ3YsU/la-na-bomb-factory-20130925,0,4318363.story

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