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\"\"<\/a>Nuclear is more expensive than we thought? That’s the lesson this week as the private consortium tasked with cleaning up the UK’s “magnox” reactors is laying off 1600 workers.\u00a0 There is a suspicion that this could be a prelude to the private consortium demanding more government money.\u00a0 The reason being given that the task is much more complex than anticipated.\u00a0 A completely separate contract for the clean-up of Sellafield involving a different group of companies has been ended due to problems.<\/p>\n

Nuclear is more expensive than we thought, tell me something I was not expecting!\u00a0 The reason nuclear is more expensive than we thought?\u00a0 No thought went into how to dismantle these reactors when they were designed.\u00a0 You also wonder how much is going into decommissioning with new reactor designs?\u00a0 One problem is its unlikely the designers will be alive when any decommissioning takes place.\u00a0 Just think how difficult it is to communicate complex ideas in writing for someone who have not met 40-50 years in the future?\u00a0 Especially on something like a nuclear power station.\u00a0 It doesn’t matter does it anyway its some else’s mess.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile negotiations on Hinkley C continue with lots of construction jobs being cut there.\u00a0 As reported on this site over the last few years this new nuclear power station hangs in the balance.\u00a0 (And by extension all the other proposed ones in the UK).\u00a0 It still seems unlikely to go ahead and its therefore less surprising that the government has been pressing ahead with plans for 3-4 new interconnectors<\/a>.\u00a0 In the meanwhile renewables (in particular solar is leaping ahead) and the plans were confirmed this week for another large offshore wind farm.\u00a0 Nuclear is looking increasingly out of kilter as yesterdays technology.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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