Brian Gaff wrote

The point in this is that often no proper end to end costing is done

In the ultimate it isnt even possible with the total
costs of a nuke, or a 'renewable' installation, or
even a mine or something like Heathrow or say
one of the underground rail lines etc.

when its a state industry.

Not just with state industrys, just as true of say
Heathrow or even Buck House or the royals.

also more mistakes are made in design and manufacture when cost is not an
issue, ie nobody thinks about servicing and the radiation in parts to be
changed etc.

Of course they do with nukes.

They usually do do a reasonable job of safety, but as I say not much else.

That's bull****.

However there are also issues with commercial designs and builds due to
compromises to keep costs down that seemed good at the time... ahem. 3
mile island anyone?

That wasn’t the problem there.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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harry wrote
This bears a look at.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanc...eactor#History

The lies about nuclear power economics that only came out when they were
appraised for privatisation.

Nuclear power has a whole history of lies about it's true costs.

Just as true of 'renewables', particularly with the cost of what is
needed when they are delivering **** all power.
And have seen the end of this by a long chalk.

Just as true of 'renewables'