EDF says Hinkley Point is on track as engineers reportedly call for delay

Energy company dismisses 'unfounded rumours' that some of its engineers called for at least two-year delay to 18bn project

EDF has insisted that its plans to complete the 18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset by 2025 remain on track, despite reports that some of its engineers had called for a two-year delay and a redesign.

It came as an EDF board member representing senior staff said in a letter to employees that he would vote against the controversial project. Christian Taxil, who represents the managers' union CFE-CGC, is the first board member to go public with doubts about the project.