Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026: New nuclear will send electricity rates soaring

Posted: 16th March 2026

The eye-watering cost increases at two major nuclear projects in the UK, and predictions that small modular reactors will be even more expensive, are warnings our political leaders are rashly and recklessly ignoring, writes Linda Pentz Gunter.

New nuclear will send electricity rates soaring

At at time of heightened concerns about rising energy prices, building more nuclear power plants is the worst possible choice. And yet, as Hinkley C in Britain reaches $67 billion - almost triple the original estimate - and as experts predict small modular reactors will be “even less relevant economically” than the “deader than the proverbial doornail” large ones, our governments willfully press on with nuclear expansion. READ MORE

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