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Cost Estimates Almost Double; DOE Stresses Need for Facility.(National Ignition Facility)(Statistical Data Included)
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Fusion Power Report
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May 1, 2000
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Costs to build the National Ignition Facility (NIF) will be 85 percent higher than originally estimated, according to a June 1 U.S. Department of Energy report to Congress.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where the laser fusion facility is being built, initially estimated cost increases would be 30 percent higher than the original $1.2-billion estimate, or $1.95 billion.
DOE, in its June 1 report, estimated construction costs at $2.25 billion.
In its June report, DOE acknowledged that "the most expeditious schedule to complete the National Ignition Facility has shown that it could be completed as early as the end of fiscal year 2006," at the $1.95 ...