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5y ago
Extreme risk aversion is costly and probably causes on average more damage to the people than operating based on a realistic risk assessment. Problem is the out of proportion fear of ionizing radiation fuelled by the campaigns of the variou
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5y ago
It is not. And the total cost of 6+5 billion euros for the nuclear power plant is not cheap. Due to the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents any nuclear power projects today are always an uphill battle with the increasingly difficult to fulfil
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5y ago
It has a lot to do with the regulations and probably more to do with the fact that in Finland they require the regulations actually to be fulfilled. This was written in the contract and Areva-Siemens was aware of the requirements at the tim
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5y ago
Russia probably does not count as being a part of the civilized world. Even Finland is a questionable case due to the polar bears walking all over the streets of the capital Hell-sinkit.
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5y ago
In Finland, brought from Areva-Siemens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olkiluoto_Nuclear_Power_Plant#... Total cost to owner (TVO) for this 1600 MW EPR will be little less than 6 billion euros and the rest of the cost (