Construction on EDF’s two nuclear reactors in Taishan, China – intended as models for the planned new power plant at Hinkley – has been delayed, again, amidst new safety fears. The latest delay to the flagship project, announced by China’s nuclear regulator, comes as the French state-owned utility again put back making a decision on its investment in the UK. The UK project, at Hinkley point in Somerset, is due to use the same reactor design and be built by the same Franco-Chinese partnership as the Taishan plant.
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