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Hinkley nuclear becomes ever more costly to EDF, but for Sizewell, the taxpayer will pick up the tab

 Old Sparky: From the start of EDF’s development at Hinkley we were
promised efficiencies thanks to EDF’s experiences at Flamanville and
Olkiluoto. Yet every year EDF announces Hinkley will cost even more and
start later.

Contractors are browbeaten to get on with pipework that in
some cases will need to be replaced. As they get paid by the metre they
have no incentive to raise issues they notice at the outset. There’s one
saving grace – EDF picks up the tab for cost overruns. But for Sizewell
it will be the taxpayer that picks up the tab.

 Private Eye 12th April 2024

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