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The Guardian | Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’ by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The National Audit Office warned that the £38 billion Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk may not deliver net savings for UK households until about 2064—roughly halfway through its 60‑year operating life—because the cost of financing its construction under a regulated‑asset‑base model could outweigh the projected £2 billion annual electricity‑system savings. While the reactor, expected to power around six million homes from the late 2030s, promises long‑term low‑carbon electricity, the NAO highlighted immediate and substantial public‑borne risks of cost overruns and delays, noting that comparable nuclear projects have been vulnerable to such problems. Backed by EDF, the UK government and other investors, the scheme has created jobs and sourced about 70 % of construction value from UK suppliers, but critics argue the funding model could leave bill‑payers supporting the plant for years before any power is generated. The NAO called for tighter monitoring, greater parliamentary transparency and value‑for‑money safeguards to mitigate these risks. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/20/spending-watchdog-warns-38bn-cost-of-sizewell-c-nuclear-plant-is-risky #NAO #SizewellC #UKgovernment #energybills #nuclearpower

Decades of photographs showing the state of/decline of the areas around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The cleanup after the reactor meltdown & more recent de-commissioning of the other two reactors will continue into the 2060s. Nuclear power is not the final answer to our energy issues... For more evidence, have a look at the Fukushima cleanup, which is expected to take until the 2050s... https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-forty-anniversary #NuclearPower #Radiation #Chernobyl #Fukushima

PBS NewsHour - The Latest | How next-gen nuclear could help meet energy demands – and the risks involved by Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes The Trump administration has rolled back support for many forms of clean energy. One exception is nuclear power. The president wants to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity by 2050, and a new generation of advanced reactors in development could signal the dawn of a new nuclear age. Paul Solman reports for our series, Tipping Point. Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-next-gen-nuclear-could-help-meet-energy-demands-and-the-risks-involved #trumpadministration #u.s. #nuclearpower #tippingpoint

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