http://www.asahi.com/politics/update/0721/TKY201107210554.html
http://mainichi.jp/select/today/news/20110724k0000m010030000c.html


Minister Kaieda is attempting to make himself be a victim of Prime Minister Kan's confusion, but actually he appears to be a mere spokesman of METI bureaucrats and TEPCO.


Because of revised safety measures and nuclear disaster insurance, it is inevitable the cost to construct a new nuclear plant will rise.
French reactor maker Areva, which now constructs the first European pressurised water reactor(EPR), struggles with cost overruns.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20110621-OYT1T00167.htm


Why do METI and Japanese nuclear reactor makers continue with the policy to export plants to overseas?


Also q.v.
http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/apps/news?pid=jp09_newsarchive&sid=aW6IplV5RbFw