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Publish detailed financial figures on construction risk and cost to taxpayers for new gigawatt nuclear.

Recommendation
So far, the Government has not published financial figures which allow the cost of this risk transfer to be known. The Government must publish figures, before signing contracts for new gigawatt-scale nuclear, which allow a proper assessment of value for money to be made, including setting out the level and potential cost of construction risk to be borne by the consumer or taxpayer.
Paragraph Reference
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Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 25 October 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age 3.1 yrs
Report published 31 Jul 2023