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On the recordDecember 12, 2017
Is the largest factor that led to the decision not to go forward with the South Carolina project, and frankly, decisions around the country to close or mark for closure a number of nuclear plants, have more to do with the very low cost of natural gas? Is that a bigger factor?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper questions if low natural gas prices influenced nuclear project cancellations.

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