Political Factoid
"Whoops! A $2 Billion Blunder:*
Washington Public Power Supply
System [WPPSS]"
(circa 1983)
The lesson from the 1980s has
"yet" to be learned in 2012 by
states like Georgia and Iowa.
Never-used WPPSS cooling towers and
containment building still haunt the horizon
near Satsop, WA - as seen in 2013
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Construction of multiple nuclear power plants went
bankrupt and left state taxpayers holding the bag
for millions and billions in financial bonds.
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cf.
1214,
1099,
3445
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