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Energy Bill

It is. Not only is it slow to build, but it is more expensive than some of the other kit that could be available. It is on a wing and a prayer. We have fallen behind. It may well be that the Finnish and the Flamanville experiences will be such that all the problems will be ironed out and we will have EDF building the first reactor at Hinckley on time and within budget. One can only hope that. Companies ride learning curves. One hopes that Arriva has ironed out all the kinks. The problems in Finland were different from the problems in France, but the combination of the two seems to suggest that they had not really done so, in Europe at least because power stations of this character are being built efficiently and speedily in the Far East, but unfortunately not in continental Europe.

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Reference

747 c451GC 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
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