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by BenoitP 643 days ago
1 > 0. And most of the cost comes from maintaining engineer's salaries on a single project.

If new projects get ordered I'm quite confident costs will move closer to the actual bill of materials, per unit.

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There are other EPR projects abroad and most did overshoot costs by more than 5 to $10B and having a decade delay. Meanwhile renewable and storage keep getting cheaper and better at massive speed. Even France adds much more renewable than nuclear capacity right now. Which is a pragmatic approach... Stay skilled in nuclear and keep minimum investment to keep the industry alive but invest mostly in renewable.