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As said, it was about removing risk and ensuring a return that made the investment worthwhile. That's just a direct consequence of the government policy of not

As said, it was about removing risk and ensuring a return that made the investment worthwhile. That's just a direct consequence of the government policy of not financing the construction and operation with public money. The alternative was to directly spend public money, which makes the complaint about this guaranteed price being a public subsidy rather moot.

boyband6666 7y ago
... or to accept that the plans were not economically viable as they stand. I'm an economist not a nuclear physicist, but the signal the market is sending is that these plans are not what is needed. Find a way to make the electricity cheaper, or accept the demand isn't there.