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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by masklinn on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:18PM (#13990177)
> It's basically a move to GTFO out of the nuclear power market

Except the losses come from the construction of new reactors (the AP1000 for the Vogtle and Summer plants), not the operation of them.

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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:35PM (#13991938)
Westinghouse's business model was to try to break even on construction and make money servicing and selling fuel rod assemblies.
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