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Environment & Energy

HassleCat

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1. Decom costs now included.

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:01 PM

Aug 2016

They used to soak the taxpayers for decommissioning, which is vastly more expensive than building a new plant. Now they build the decom costs into the rate structure and the plants are money losers.

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Puzzling path to new UK nuclear power stations [View all] kristopher Aug 2016 OP

Decom costs now included. HassleCat Aug 2016 #1

It's more than that - they have a negative learning curve. kristopher Aug 2016 #2