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True. So : we get an extra half-life. (boom boom!)

And cheap at the price : one wonders why/whether new build has to be so fiendishly expensive. My guess is that the EPR is just a poor design.

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by eurogreen on Fri Jul 20th, 2012 at 09:13:02 AM EST
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I'd say that a lot of it has to do with lack of n-experienced workers and companies, and a lack manufacturing capacity for heavy forgings and so on.

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by Starvid on Fri Jul 20th, 2012 at 11:55:09 AM EST
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