On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 19:31:34 +0000, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
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>>Its also going to heavily subsidise the French company EDF to build a
>>nuclear power station in the UK.
>>
>>So basically - they're giving back the money they got for asset
>>stripping!!!
>
> "giving" back the money in exchange for a nuclear power plant is known
> as "buying".
It's only 'buying' if the UK Government gets the power station, but
they're not.
They French company is building the power station and keeping it. The
original price was 16 billion UK pounds, but it is expected top have
risen to 24 billion by the time it opens in 2022, with a possible
addition of another 10 billion, dependeing upon contingencies.
The total price of electricity is expected to rise by UKP 5 billion
annually (today's prices) to cover cost of building.
When the tories sold off the existing nuclear power stations, they didn't
get rid of the nuclear ones so as they are now coming to end-of-life the
British taxpayers will be paying for decommission and storage of nuclear
waste.
This was purely for idealogical reasons, they wouldn't have been able to
sell them off if the nuclear staions had been included in the deal.
BTW, why do some many Americans go to Canada for treatment?
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