The vote to leave the European Union has posed fresh doubts over the likelihood of a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk. Joan Girling, of Together Against Sizewell C, said the Brexit vote made it less likely that EDF, the French energy giant, would proceed with Hinkley Point C in Somerset, or its sister scheme on the Suffolk coast. Hinkley, which has already seen its timetable delayed, is considered the trigger for progressing the £16 billion project at Sizewell. “I think whatever happens, voting to leave the European Union has created another complication on what is an already outdated and explosively expensive project,” she added. “With the French unions already unsteady on Hinkley they’ve got the perfect opportunity to leave.”
Ipswich Star 29th June 2016 read more »