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Chinese govt – secret plans to take over the UK’s Hinkley nuclear project?

Secret Chinese plans to take over nuclear power station Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor | Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor May 13 2016,  The Times, China is drawing up secret plans to build two nuclear reactors on the site of Hinkley Point in Somerset if the existing £21 billion deal collapses.

The Chinese government has a “plan B” to bypass EDF, the French energy giant responsible for the project. China believes that it can build its own reactors on a faster timetable than the project run by EDF, in which they have made an investment, according to Lord Howell of Guildford, the former energy secretary and father-in-law of George Osborne.

His statement will raise the pressure on the beleaguered Hinkley C project, which intends to…. (subscribers only) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/secret-china-plans-to-take-over-nuclear-power-station-z7qjn0cqk

May 14, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK