The NAO report earlier this month found that hazardous waste was being stored in "run-down" buildings, and that the cost of decommissioning was spiralling out of control and was behind schedule.
These developments are likely to result in accelerated decommissioning costs, increased capital expenditures for higher cost replacement generation, lower reserve margins, and higher operating costs at existing nuclear plants as a result of increased scrutiny, more stringent safety procedures, and longer required maintenance outages.