Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea
(basket clam)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Impact ID5479
Impact TypeInfrastructure
Study TypeAnecdotal
Study LocationN/A
Impact Description"Initial testing for Corbicula as required by IE Bulletin 81-03 costs untold numbers of dollars. If one assumes an outage cost of $50,000 per hour per 1,000 megawatt unittimes roughly 79 operative units in the U.S., plus 50-60 under construction, these costs alone would be $3.5 million for the first evaluation and perhaps $1 million in the plants under construction.
Reference12028
Great Lakes RegionNo
Cost$3.5-4.5 million
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