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NuScale Power controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2023

    Carbon Free Power Project cost escalation and cancellation

    The planned Idaho SMR project faced substantial increases in projected construction cost and electricity price. UAMPS and NuScale canceled it after concluding that sufficient utility subscriptions were unlikely. The episode underscored the commercial and financing risks of first-of-a-kind SMR projects, but the available reference does not establish misconduct by NuScale.