In a message posted on the Iowa company's Web site Sunday, Bill Fehrman said that after due diligence, MidAmerican Nuclear concluded it does not make economic sense to pursue the Payette County project at this time.
The decision was based on the economics of building a nuclear plant and not on whether the site near Payette was suitable, Fehrman said.
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