UK has given approval to build the controversial, and very costly, twin-reactor nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C in the southwest of England.
The plant is reported to cost $24 billion US, which will quickly escalate to more than $32 billion. That brings the cost per kW to $10,000, and this in an era with very low interest rates for financing costs, and very low inflation for escalation.
Proponents are claiming the plant will last for 60 years, but there is reason to doubt it will ever run at all. The thick steel in the reactor heads has questionable toughness and may not be approved by regulators.
Stay tuned, sports fans. The fiasco at Hinkley Point C is just beginning. This blog will chronicle the sad, sorry saga. Those will include, without doubt, cost over-runs, delays in construction, squabbling between designer, owner, builder, and regulators.
Roger E. Sowell, Esq.
Marina del Rey, California
copyright (c) 2016 by Roger Sowell, all rights reserved.
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