And yet, the UK government awarded EDF the contract to build the new Hinkley Point C plant, to the same EPR design. Decommissioning nuclear plants is hugely ex

And yet, the UK government awarded EDF the contract to build the new Hinkley Point C plant, to the same EPR design. Decommissioning nuclear plants is hugely expensive and a problem all over the world. It’s one of the main reasons why nuclear is now so expensive. One hope is that it may be cheaper in future with advances in robotics, etc, which can operate safely in contaminated environments.