Financing nuclear projects - new options?

摘要

Because building nuclear power plants is very expensive and projects stretch over many years, important financing issues almost inevitably arise. The nuclear industry often complains that despite all of the wonderful reactor projects available around the world, no financing is available to build them. The financial sector is often accused of not being willing to finance nuclear, while the development banks (such as the World Bank) have imposed moratoria on financing nuclear in emerging economies. So financing is seen just as a problem to be resolved in the process of getting a project underway. Several different approaches are being developed today. What are their prospects to help start more projects? Are there any downsides?