An upward ratchet in projected costs for power giant EDF's initial next-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) — to EUR4 billion (5.1 billion) from EUR3.3 billion in 2005 — could have wide repercussions given the French nuclear establishment's determination to dominate any nuclear revival in the US and UK, as well as at home in France, where an EPR plant is under construction at Flamanville. EDF's UK ambitions were clarified when Vincent de Rivaz, head of the French utility's UK subsidiary, told a conference in London last month that four EPRs would be running in Britain by 2025. His comments followed EDF's ￡12.5 billion (18.6 billion) takeover of UK nuclear generator British Energy.
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机译：电力巨头法国电力公司最初的下一代欧洲加压反应堆（EPR）的预计成本从2005年的33亿欧元增加到40亿欧元（51亿欧元），这可能会产生广泛的影响，因为法国核企业决心控制任何核能美国和英国以及法国国内的复兴，而弗拉曼维尔正在兴建EPR工厂。法国电力公司英国子公司负责人文森特·德·里瓦兹（Vincent de Rivaz）上个月在伦敦的一次会议上表示，到2025年将有四份EPR在英国运行，这澄清了法国电力公司在英国的雄心。在法国电力公司以125亿英镑（186亿英镑）收购英国之后，他的言论得到了澄清。核发电机英国能源公司。
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