Once built and operational, nuclear power plants become cash cows for their operators. Consider a 1,000 MWe nuclear power plant costing about $5,000 per installed kWe of capacity.

Calculate:

1. The capital cost of the plant in billions of dollars.

2. If it operates for 60 years at a capacity factor of 90 percent, the amount of electrical energy in kW.hr it would produce per year.

3. Sold to electrical consumers at 5 cents / kW.hr, the generated income stream in $ million/year. 

4. The total income stream in $ billion over 60 years of operation.

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