You can't compare PWR to gas/graphite or heavy water reactor core. PWr is harder to design and to build and need special combustible, but you don't have to wait

You can't compare PWR to gas/graphite or heavy water reactor core. PWr is harder to design and to build and need special combustible, but you don't have to wait 100 years to bypass the shield, unlike UK's gaz/graphite reactors. We will see by 2030 the real cost anyway. Also, EDF set aside 23 billions (not France) and aim for 56 billions for the 58 reactors (as they will still produce electricity some more years). I've seen a better estimate of the cost is 90 billion (so EDF will be missing roughly 30 billions). But if the reactors are allowed 20 more years (like US own PWRs), i think everything will be fine. especially considering the ressources. Also, according the engineers at The Shift Project, based on Rystad data, future of petroleum imports look bleak[0], and while their study was done before Covid, they perfectly predicted the situation we are in this winter. Fear not, it is only the beginning of a trend, so next year might be better actually. [0] https://theshiftproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/%C3%89tude_D%C3%A9clin-de-lapprovisionnement-de-lUE-en-p%C3%A9trole-dici-2030_TSP.pdf https://theshiftproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/%C3%8... (in french)