EU Nuclear Reactors Need Expensive Updates
And taxpayers will foot the bill
"Practically all" of the 134 nuclear reactors in the European Union need safety improvements at a cost of up to £20 billion, a bill that is likely to be passed on to the consumer in higher electricity prices.
The European Commission undertook an EU-wide safety review after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which killed 16,000 people and damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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