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Long-term costs of nuclear power: who pays for safety when the plants are no longer profitable

Long-term costs of nuclear power: who pays for safety when the plants are no longer profitable

Nuclear Economics October 7, 2015 at 10:06 am 0 comments

There are two rules about the end costs of nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie. It’s far more than you ever knew. And whatever sum of money was ever set aside, it’s nowhere near enough. Germany understands this. That’s why it refused to let E.ON spin off its nuclear liabilities into a hands-off company. But the UK, it seems, has lost the ability to learn from its nuclear mistakes.