Chinese firm with military ties invited to bid for role in UK's nuclear future
by Adam Vaughan from on (#1PRXP)
China National Nuclear Corporation on government list of preferred bidders for development funding for next-generation modular reactors
A controversial Chinese company has been selected to bid for millions of pounds of public money in a UK government competition to develop mini nuclear power stations.
The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) features twice in a government list of 33 projects and companies deemed eligible to compete for a share in up to 250m to develop so-called small modular reactors (SMR).
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