Nuclear power plant construction: What can be learned from past and on-going projects?

An international comparative assessment of construction cost overruns for electricity infrastructure

“…Third, we define "construction cost" as "the process of assembling the components of the facility, the carrying out of civil works, and the installation of component and equipment prior to the start of commercial operation" [22]. This meant we did not utilize "overnight construction costs" because these fail to account for interest and financing charges and construction duration [23].…”

Cost performance and risk in the construction of offshore and onshore wind farms

“…The most basic concept underlying our study is that of ‘construction cost,’ the price of assembling and transporting components, carrying out civil works and installing components and equipment before commercial operations commence, a term also sometimes referred to as the cost of ‘Engineering, Procurement and Construction’ or ‘Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction.’ More specifically, for onshore turbines, when initial developing, designing, public approval and planning have been carried out the main construction work encompasses the following eight stages: Clearing of terrain; Building of access roads; Earthworks; Concrete foundation works; Transport of turbine elements; Assembly of turbines; Electrical installation; and Testing and commissioning. …”

Maintenance related events in nuclear power stations

“…Figure 1 shows the methodology followed in this topical study. This methodology has been applied also in other studies with different topics undertaken by the European Clearinghouse [2,5,9,13].…”