U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said South Korea would invest a little more than $50 billion in the Alaska LNG project, a characterization that conflicts with Seoul's position that the project remains subject to commercial and legal reviews. The statement adds a more definite U.S. framing to Alaska LNG under South Korea's $200 billion U.S. investment commitment. Lutnick said the largest component would be more than $100 billion for eight large nuclear plants, with a further $20 billion contingency reserve. He said the reactors would be built in Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolina and Kentucky. He also cited a Texas gas-fired power plant of about 6.5 gigawatts costing more than $22 billion. The projects cited by Lutnick total at least $192 billion. Earlier plans described a $22.3 billion, 6,472-megawatt Texas project and a $120 billion nuclear framework, while characterizing Alaska LNG as a project requiring further assessment before an investment decision.