Evolutionary Power Reactor. Ameren sought to construct this second reactor in order to meet their projected increase in demand for electricity over the next decade.

In April 2009, the proposal was cancelled. One stumbling block was a law that forbids utilities to charge customers for the interest accrued on a construction loan before a new plant produces electricity. The new nuclear reactor would have cost at least $6 billion.

In April 2012, Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric

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