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> Among others, fully depending on the state to give them the money they need to exist, not being able to keep training and maintain specialists to repair such
by alwayseasy 4y ago
> Among others, fully depending on the state to give them the money they need to exist, not being able to keep training and maintain specialists to repair such corrosion (we needed to import people because there were simply not enough qualified engineers for that), not being able to build more plants and therefore losing our edge in nuclear power.
EDF is struggling because the state kept intervening and asking them to shut down future nuclear plants.
You can't have specialists if they are retiring and the state destroyed any career prospects due to planning they would shut down plants...
- Gwypaas 4y agoHave a look at Flamanville 3 and then try to sell another 20 of those to the public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plan...
- dividedbyzero 4y agoOops: > EDF estimated the cost at €3.3 billion[6] and stated it would start commercial operations in 2012, after construction lasting 54 months.[7] The latest cost estimate (July 2020) is at €19.1 billion, with commissioning planned tentatively at the end of 2022.[8][2] That's ten years late at 578% the projected cost.
- lolive 4y agoSubcontractors are extatic !