American view on Hinkley C: “a radioactive white elephant”

“… Under the terms of a deal struck in 2013, British electricity customers will fund large guaranteed payments to EDF for 35 years in return for the French utility shouldering much of the construction risk for Hinkley Point. Because of lower projections for future wholesale electricity prices these subsidies are estimated to have risen to a staggering 30 billion pounds.” …

http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-07-27/france-and-edf-should-scrap-hinkley-point-british-nuclear-plan