EON's Old Nuclear Money Spinners Are Now Just a Big Hassle

Brokdorf reactor halt has cost more than 100 million euros
Utility awaiting regulatory approval after February outage

Brokdorf nuclear power plant.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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By Weixin Zha and Tino Andresen

July 4, 2017 at 5:00 AM UTC

Updated on

July 4, 2017 at 9:47 AM UTC

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An EON SE nuclear plant that made billions for the German utility is now losing money.

Essen-based EON is battling repeated delays to production at its Brokdorf reactor that has cost the company more than 100 million euros ($114 million) since halting in February, the utility said by email. The unit is now scheduled to start July 19.