When the public hearings on the project were completed in september 1977 estimated construction costs had doubled to 1 4 billion.
Marble hill nuclear power plant indiana concrete.
Construction at marble hill began in 1977 and ended in 1984 when the public service company of indiana psi now duke energy abandoned the half finished nuclear power plant with 2 5 billion spent and as the most expensive nuclear construction project ever abandoned marble hill was a devastating setback for the troubled nuclear power industry which saw more than 100 plant.
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Marble hill nuclear power station was an unfinished nuclear power plant in saluda township jefferson county near hanover indiana usa in 1984 the public service company of indiana announced it was abandoning the half finished nuclear power plant on which 2 5 billion had already been spent.
In 1973 when marble hill was first proposed public service indiana psi now duke energy said the construction cost would be a whopping 700 million the largest capital project in indiana history.
This is a list of electricity generating power stations in indiana sorted by type and name in 2018 indiana had a total summer capacity of 26 696 mw through all of its power plants and a net generation of 113 460 gwh.
It was first proposed in 1973 by public service indiana psi and was finally closed due to overwhelming expenditures.
Proposed by public service indiana psi later cinergy in 1973 the marble hill nuclear power generating plant had a 700 million price tag which had doubled by the time construction began in.
Construction began in 1977 and was halted in 1984 before the plant was operational.
The site is the never completed marble hill nuclear power plant located in southern indiana along the ohio river.
Marble hill nuclear power station is located at 38 36 3 09 n 85 26 45 19 w near new washington indiana usa.
Abandoned nuclear power plant.
These nuclear power reactors were never completed.
Located approximately 45 minutes north of louisville kentucky the 700 million power plant was projected to be the largest capital project in the state s history 1.
By 1984 the pr.
At that time there was concern.
Indiana s electrical energy generation mix in 2020 was 46 coal 43 natural gas and 11 renewables.
Marble hill is currently being used for industrial scrap.
