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November 18, 2016

French power company EDF underestimating costs: study
Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2016
France's power giant EDF has "drastically" under-budgeted the cost of dismantling its old reactors and investing in new projects such as a contested British nuclear plant, a Greenpeace-commissioned study said Thursday. The amount of under-budgeted costs for state-controlled EDF to take old reactors out of commission and deal with waste disposal is evaluated at between 57.3 and 63.4 billion euros in 2025 ($61.3 - $67.8 billion), the study said. This is more than double the current value of the co ... read more

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