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Going rate at the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) is 250+ $/hour to just review documents which are several hundred thousand pages long.

'One of my key concerns was the effect on the schedules for new license applications – not only do applicants have to pay $273 for every regulator hour, but they have to pay the staff and contractors that they use to apply for permission and answer regulator questions. Longer licensing processes cost more in salaries and other overhead and they push potential revenue out into the future.'

http://atomicinsights.com/2011/12/audit-the-nrc.html



Loan interest also accumulates over time. It's a major part of the cost of US nuclear construction, because the process takes so long.




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