> We need only look to France to see the path forward. I hope nobody does that. France is running several overdue reactors, has a history of under-reporting is

> We need only look to France to see the path forward. I hope nobody does that. France is running several overdue reactors, has a history of under-reporting issues, the main electricity generation and distribution company EDF (owned by the state) runs with a net debt of €70 billion and is responsible for the disastrous over budget numbers for Hinkley OP mentioned above. > Now France has so much electricity it sells excess to Germany for profit. Germany sells excess electricity also...It's a flowing market depending on daily prices. The overall price development however showed that it rose in France while it fell in Germany: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/4/40/Change_in_electricity_prices_for_household_consumers_compared_with_previous_year%2C_same_semester%2C_second_half_2018.png https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/4/... With the continued rise of renewable energy in Germany this development won't stop while France will at some point have to start moving some of their overdue reactors off the grid while new ones are being dropped because of the market situation outlined in the Status Report above: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-nuclearpower-astrid/france-drops-plans-to-build-sodium-cooled-nuclear-reactor-idUSKCN1VK0MC https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-nuclearpower-astri... while the only other new reactor they build Flamanville 3 came up in the news with messed up welding seams...