"We're trying to strike that balance of protecting public health and safety and promoting cost-effective operation and licensing for facilities," Ho Nieh said.
FILE - Steam rises from the cooling towers of the two original nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle on April 28, 2010, in Waynesboro, Ga. Units 1 and 2 were originally estimated to cost $660 million, but cost $8.9 billion by the time they were completed in 1989, mirroring overruns in the later Units 3 and 4. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
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