EDF refuses to set timetable for decision on Hinkley Point reactor
by Terry Macalister Energy editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#181R8)
MPs hear succession of expert witnesses pan the project, while EDF boss insists nuclear plant is good news for the UK
EDF Energy has insisted it will take a decision to go ahead with new reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset but was unwilling to say exactly when despite being pressed by exasperated MPs.
The French government, which owns 85% of EDF, has previously said it was aiming for the start of May but Vincent de Rivaz, the chief executive of the UK arm of EDF, was unwilling to set a timescale.
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