EDF wants to extend the life of a 40 year old nuclear reactor which has cracks in it.<\/p>\n
So, what do you think that’s about?\u00a0 Money.<\/p>\n
EDF can patch the reactor to get another decade out of it and all the revenue that comes with it.\u00a0 That is small marginal investment for large incremental cash flow.\u00a0 They get the cash.\u00a0 We get the risk.\u00a0 Or at least the people within a few hundred kilometres of Hunterston get the risk.<\/p>\n
Regulators need to do their job and put precaution first,\u00a0 irrespective of how many three course lunches they are plied with.<\/p>\n
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