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So after the Government's inability to reach an agreement with EDF over building a nuclear power station because they couldn't agree on a price for the electricity now it's all agreed.
And the price is double todays price per MW
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/bu siness- 2460421 8
Apparently the great victory is that for the first time a nuclear powerstation is not being funded by the Government!
I wonder how many of these could be built by British firms for the cost of HS2 - any ideas?
More to the point - who's paying for the decomissioning?
And the price is double todays price per MW
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Apparently the great victory is that for the first time a nuclear powerstation is not being funded by the Government!
I wonder how many of these could be built by British firms for the cost of HS2 - any ideas?
More to the point - who's paying for the decomissioning?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ." Because they know that the British public are cash cows , and they will keep on rising the price of power for greedy profits. "
and how
I recall a few years ago when EDF "transferred" a few hundred million £ of debt to the UK side of the operation and that debt was used as justification/reason for increasing UK prices
and how
I recall a few years ago when EDF "transferred" a few hundred million £ of debt to the UK side of the operation and that debt was used as justification/reason for increasing UK prices
all i'm saying is that EDF needed to offset some debt and used the UK knowing they could get away with it, which they did, prices went up by double figures at the time and from what i remember they wanted to put up French prices by 3 or 4% and the French went the proverbial Le/La Ballistic , the UK price hikes paid off the EDF debts at that time
Just upstream of this new nuclear power plant is the new Severn Bridge. This was built by a French consortium, because the government of the time, couldn't or wouldn't build it themselves. It now costs £6:20 to cross over this section of our Motorway system, and will remain in foreign hands for a few more years yet.
Why can't we build these things ourselves, instead of selling off our national heritage and putting ourselves into hock to foreign governments ?
Why can't we build these things ourselves, instead of selling off our national heritage and putting ourselves into hock to foreign governments ?
I don't pretend to be an expert on nuclear power stations emmie, but when a new one is built, there is no alternative but to look into the future and take decommissioning into account as well. With coal fired power stations, you just send a few bulldozers in and knock them down, then build another shopping Mall on top. This isn't an option with nuclear jobbies.
the cost of decommissioning Britain's current nuclear plants is somewhere up towards £100 billion.
http:// www.new statesm an.com/ busines s/2013/ 09/cost -decomm issioni ng-nucl ear-pow er-stat ion
So it would be nice to know if I'm going to have to pay for it.
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So it would be nice to know if I'm going to have to pay for it.
yes, it is a terrible price to pay for the failure of the last Government to act on the looming energy crisis.
Perhaps if New Labour had pulled their finger out we may have had more options?
We are running out of choices if you dont want the lights to be out in a decade. And that is not idle scaremongering it is now a very real problem.
Renewables, at present, are simply not up to the job and we have slit our own throats by signing up to a carbon reduction that will cost us all dearly whilst the likes of China an India stick two fingers up to it and continue piling our noxious gases.
Nice one, right-on liberal and greenies.
Perhaps if New Labour had pulled their finger out we may have had more options?
We are running out of choices if you dont want the lights to be out in a decade. And that is not idle scaremongering it is now a very real problem.
Renewables, at present, are simply not up to the job and we have slit our own throats by signing up to a carbon reduction that will cost us all dearly whilst the likes of China an India stick two fingers up to it and continue piling our noxious gases.
Nice one, right-on liberal and greenies.
//there is no alternative but to look into the future and take decommissioning into account as well.//
Herein lies the rub
In 2008 the law was changed to compel any nuclear power station bids to pay for decomissioning.
In 2011 this law was changed
//Amendments to the Energy Act 2008 are required to ensure that there is an appropriate balance between the Secretary of State's powers to protect the taxpayer by modifying an Operator's Funded Decommissioning Programme (which is a legal requirement on the Operator) and the Operator's need for clarity over how those powers will be exercised//
And now oh look there's an agreement for a new nuclear power station
Call me cynical - but I'm hugely suspicious over this
Herein lies the rub
In 2008 the law was changed to compel any nuclear power station bids to pay for decomissioning.
In 2011 this law was changed
//Amendments to the Energy Act 2008 are required to ensure that there is an appropriate balance between the Secretary of State's powers to protect the taxpayer by modifying an Operator's Funded Decommissioning Programme (which is a legal requirement on the Operator) and the Operator's need for clarity over how those powers will be exercised//
And now oh look there's an agreement for a new nuclear power station
Call me cynical - but I'm hugely suspicious over this
indeed this matter should have been looked at and acted on decisively years ago, they are all guilty of shilly shallying over energy, and by the way how much subsidy is there on wind farms, also it's been the green lobby that has caused many problems over nuclear energy, how much more does it cost on your electricity bill because of the hidden green agenda costs, will have to find a Guardian piece on that, if its the mail no one will believe it.
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