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Show : Pmdmtim in 1974 :,:omi$ of Coal-Oil 'i !: .'. .' i '.;:;ti(,,l - .,.( iril', '. '"' . .' 0 t-.ri.-- -, : , : , ., ; i.;H;w: ;;- . t . ';U.-; !-; . :. ...... :.,.-; "(' 'V-- : ... ! ;:..(! h.-.J- ..f . . ' ' 1 '.(.! . : ' i'-i (:.: i ; t, f t ,-!:!,, r ; ) J j 1 i . O i ' . , : ' i : ' I .. ..i ... - I- :(:n .. 1 V7, n. : .i : 1. . ' . .. . iv :'r) i::.;.'.. . s C ) J ..... : ,.- .: ' , (.: ' i O. : ; .:: ! 'is !:' (. .: '. 'i .Mar savings, accord-',' accord-',' to utilities. A re-T"!i, re-T"!i, A IF survey indi-' indi-' " ,; d that fossil fuel (co'ii or oil) to produce one kilowait hour of elec-! elec-! i'-ity costs an average i.2.) mills, which is five i;;r,(;s the cost of nuclear ;:.t 2.15 mills. (A ;!.;w is one tenth of one cr.-nt.) -The survey also r !:0'.'cd that nuclear pow-(';' pow-(';' plants produced elec-trk-iiy at approximately 40 per cent less total cost (including amortized amortiz-ed capital allocations) than fossil plants. The difference was passed along to customers of those utilities with substantial sub-stantial nuclear output. At present, there are 56 operable nuclear reactors re-actors in the U.S., with capacity to generate 37,-536 37,-536 MWe, or nearly eight per cent of total U.S. : electricity generat- E ing capacity. i |