Dumbest Megaproject Ever? Japan’s Monju Nuclear Power Plant

Japan’s “wisdom” nuclear power plant has produced one hour of electricity at a cost of 15 billion dollars. This may well be the dumbest megaproject ever. And it’s not alone in massive underperformance. But better ways exist.

Bent Flyvbjerg

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Monju Nuclear Power Plant (source: Wikimedia Commons).

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Bent Flyvbjerg

Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford; Professor, IT University of Copenhagen. Writes about project management. https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyvbjerg/