Re: [cdn-nucl-l] Walrus CANDU

[Randal Leavitt <randal.leavitt@rogers.com>]

Jaro wrote:

> I would like to know, for one thing, how Webster came up with the idea
> that the cost overruns during /building/ of Darlington are linked to
> the wearing out of its components.
>
>     By the time they were completed in 1993, the four reactors built
>     at Darlington, east of Toronto, had jumped in cost from a
>     projected $2.5 billion to $14.4 billion. While *some of the cost
>     overruns could be blamed on* political interference, the candus
>     were also plagued by severe technical problems largely related to
>     their complex pressure *systems, which were wearing out* far
>     earlier than expected.
>
> Soooo.... does that mean that the price tag of the car I bought six
> years ago will change retroactively, depending on how fast it wears
> out ??? 
>
>  Jaro
>
What he could have said is that even at a cost of 14.4 billion, the
resulting electricity was reasonably cheap.

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