My new group will focus on energy and climate policy at local, regional, and global levels. I aim to build an inclusive and productive research environment, and we are recruiting Ph.D. students and postdocs.

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There are reasons behind the recent boom in the nuclear power industry, but I still don’t see a plan to turn that enthusiasm into more than hot air.

While most countries have seen nuclear costs spiral upward, China has shown that stable regulation and domestic supply chains can keep costs under control, offering lessons but also cautions for other countries.

The 2025 French Court of Auditors’ review later placed the overnight cost at over $10/W (see: www.ccomptes.fr/fr/publicati...). We apologize that the “>” symbol was inadvertently dropped from the final published figure, and regret any confusion this may have caused.

In our original figure (now included as Supplementary Figure S1), we used the lower bound of $4/W and marked it as “> $4/W”, as even this very low estimate illustrates the substantial cost escalation in France’s recent nuclear construction.

Yes at the time of our data collection, Flamanville 3 was still under construction, with overnight cost estimates ranging from $4/W to $10/W (see Rothwell, 2022, Energy Policy, 164, 112905).