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The costs of nuclear energy in Europe / William d'Haeseleer, KU Leuven, EU Energy Policy blog, 10/02/2014http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2014/02/10/the-costs-of-nuclear-energy-in-europe/Nuclear new build is highly capital intensive and currently not cheap, but it may be anticipated that the capital cost will come down in the future (in particular compared to ongoing new build construction in the EU, depending on return of experience and learning effects, ‘fleet effects’, standardization, strict construction schedules, competition in the supply chain,…). Analysis of past cost escalation and opportunities for learning and ‘fleet effects’, suggests that negative learning is not necessarily an ‘intrinsic property’ of nuclear-reactor construction. Nevertheless, it is up to the nuclear sector itself to demonstrate on the ground that cost-effective construction is possible...