French nuclear power in 'worst situation ever', says former EDF director

In the week Britain exports electricity to France for first time in four years, Gi(C)rard Magnin says renewable power will match Hinkley Point C on cost

The French nuclear industry is in its "worst situation ever" because of a spate of plant closures in France and the complexities it faces with the UK's Hinkley Point C power station, according to a former ilectriciti(C) de France director.

Gi(C)rard Magnin, who called Hinkley "very risky" when he resigned as a board member over the project in July, told the Guardian that with more than a dozen French reactors closed over safety checks and routine maintenance, circumstances for the state-owned EDF had deteriorated since he stepped down.