Criticism
On the issue of the construction of Argentina's projected third reactor Atucha II, the Argentine government has announced (in 2003 and again in 2006) its commitment to complete the project, estimating it will cost a further US$600 million. Thus the total cost is now estimated at US$3.8 billion, or about $5500/kWe (considerably higher than the US$1.5 billion or about $2200/kWe originally planned in 1981).
Nevertheless on 2010 the government signed a memorandum with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) for Atucha III as a ACR-1000 1500 MWe per $3 billion
Read more about this topic: National Atomic Energy Commission
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