@cstross

Taishan 1 and 2 were the first EPR reactors in the world, operating since 2018. Much cheaper than EU because of public funding (interest makes up to 60% cost in privately funded projects), lower cost of everything thanks to mostly coal-powered grid and absence of ETS and stable regulatory environment - in EU the problems started after the Fukushima hysteria fuelled largely by Russian gas brokers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taishan_Nucle...