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BTW - I'd bet your house you're wrong.It isn't costing us, it is costing EDF and the strike price was already set.
EDF will threaten to walk and we'll foot it.
BTW - I'd bet your house you're wrong.It isn't costing us, it is costing EDF and the strike price was already set.
EDF takes €12.9bn hit after Hinkley Point C delays and cost overruns
French energy firm swung to profit in 2023 despite impairment charge on struggling nuclear project in UKwww.theguardian.com
It's coming, mark my words. And nearly 50bn for a single reactor.The French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said this week it would be “fair” for Britain to share the burden of the extra costs.
While UK bill payers are insulated from the cost overruns at Hinkley, they will be exposed to equivalent risks at Sizewell, which has a different funding model
It's coming, mark my words. And nearly 50bn for a single reactor.
And we're footing decomissioning and "dealing" with the waste.
AND:
Fun times.
Meanwhile: Sellafield.
Whilst you're ignoring the lion's share of the cost (decomissioning and waste) - I said previously, we will. To requote the French finance minister:As said previously, we won't be helping EDF on the current reactor.
The French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said this week it would be “fair” for Britain to share the burden of the extra costs.
Whilst you're ignoring the lion's share of the cost (decomissioning and waste) - I said previously, we will. To requote the French finance minister:
Of course, politically, we'll likely pay somewhere else. Just for the optics of it. But we'll still pay. And we're paying them a fuckton already.