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11th January 2024, https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/on-the-road-to-nowhere-ministers-launch-nuclear-roadmap-in-election-year/ The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities are dismissive of the UK Government’s announcement today (11 Jan) of a ‘Roadmap’ supposedly outlining the route to undertake ‘the biggest expansion of nuclear power for 70 years’,[1] as another example of blinkered thinking by Ministers who are taking the wrong path to achieve energy…
The actual cost might reach as high as £10 billion per reactor, resulting in an astonishing cumulative expense for the decommissioning process. ... this substantial cost could ultimately fall on taxpayers, raising concerns about the financial burden on the public. Dev X Noah Nguyen, November 21, 2023 The UK’s Commitment to Nuclear Power and Financial…
Under the RAB mechanism, it seems that EDF will be paid for what they actually spend. This time it will be British, not French taxpayers and consumers, that will be paying for the cost overruns. The Government are deceiving us about the cost effectivemess of their new funding mechanism for nuclear power Dave Toke's Green…
So, if SMRs are the current political flavour of the month, how have we reached this position when there is still no formal approval of the technology from regulators, let alone practical evidence of how it can operate in the real world? It’s possible to achieve both energy security and the UK’s climate goals without…