"The UK government announced last week that it had reached a power purchase agreement for the first new nuclear power plant to be built in the country in decades. Yet the really big news is that it finally gives us a clear and reliable indicator of the cost of power from a modern and safer third generation nuclear power.The UK Government will guarantee a power price for a new nuclear plant that is 50% higher than the cost of wind power in Australia. It's time the anti-wind lobby recognized the reality of nuclear economics. (Quoted from article).