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UK nuclear investors get 'high' returns for lower risk than consumers, who also foot the bill

UK nuclear investors get 'high' returns for lower risk than consumers, who also foot the bill
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The UK’s £38.2 billion (c $51 billion) Sizewell C (SZC) nuclear reactor is set to offer investors high rewards for little exposure to risk, while the consumer will see a £19 ($25.50) annual hike to their bills, according to a public sector spending watchdog. A report from the National Audit Office on plans for building the second in a new generation of nuclear power plants — Sizewell C in Suffolk — finds that the current estimated impact on consumers “relies on some big assumptions” about chance

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