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1 > 0. And most of the cost comes from maintaining engineer's salaries on a single project.

If new projects get ordered I'm quite confident costs will move closer to the actual bill of materials, per unit.

There are other EPR projects abroad and most did overshoot costs by more than 5 to $10B and having a decade delay. Meanwhile renewable and storage keep getting cheaper and better at massive speed. Even France adds much more renewable than nuclear capacity right now. Which is a pragmatic approach... Stay skilled in nuclear and keep minimum investment to keep the industry alive but invest mostly in renewable.

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