Beyond Nuclear Bulletin
News from Beyond Nuclear
May 6, 2008
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Sky-Rocketing Reactor Costs Hit Europe : Several weeks ago we revealed that cost estimates for new U.S. reactors were soaring to more than $12 billion, well above the commonly touted $3-4 billion per unit. This week, Wulf Bernotat, the head of the world’s largest power company, Germany’s E.ON, predicted that new reactors proposed for Great Britain could cost at least $9 billion apiece, double their original (...)