Western nations ‘too optimistic’ on nuclear, warns engineering chief

Brussels | Western countries mishandle nuclear energy projects by failing to plan and trying to complete them too fast, the head of Atkins Realis, the biggest maker of reactors that run on natural uranium, has warned ahead of the first global nuclear summit this week.

“Clients, governments and ourselves as the industry players. . .we all become too optimistic. We have this optimism bias towards being able to deliver faster,” Ian Edwards, chief executive of the Canadian engineering company, told the Financial Times.

Financial Times