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Old 02-20-2009, 06:30 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by sugarpop View Post
I recently heard something on PBR about a nuclear power plant that was supposed to be built. Initially, the cost was, like, 300 million or something (I don't remember exactly). Now the cost has more than tripled. WTF? How exactly does that happen?
Never attribute to malice what can be accounted for by malice and incompetence.

While they may have had no problem padding the cost, there's a good chance that they also woefully underbid the project in the first place.
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