Rache,

The reasons that the French reactors were so cheap were mostly that they took one design that got approval and built a fleet of near-identical power plants that given France's lack of coal gas or hydro capacity, nuclear was the cheapest and most viable.

Secondly, there are presently 51 nuclear reactors presently under construction and the UK that has 2 under construction has just approved the construction of a further 6 over the next decade.

Finally, 60 years is fairly common for nuclear reactors as the reactors themselves have few moving parts. Wind turbines typically last 20 years after which the consumer has to pay for their demolition which is often not included in the cost of power.

Several small nuclear plants trump a large one & thousands of windmills any day !
Only people to whom profit means more than a healthy environment would disagree !
Windmills such as the ones used to produce large-scale power will prove to be one of the greatest environmental disasters ever !

Abolish the power subsidy to Aged Wefare!

Paul1405,
I could still function but if they introduced Public Service pay according to merit you'd starve to death in less than a week !\

Paul1405,
another thing, abolishing something we've already paid for would straight-out theft ! I suppose if the next generation deems your contributions to your Super all your working (for want of a better description) life then you'll be ok with it ?

oops, typo, should be "deems your contributions as invalid".....