Toshiba crisis: unions urge government to 'get a grip' on nuclear policy

Fresh concern about future of planned Moorside power station in Cumbria as Toshiba's financial woes deepen

Unions are urging the government to take back control of its nuclear strategy after Toshiba's deepening financial crisis cast fresh doubt about its involvement in the planned Moorside power station in Cumbria.

Justin Bowden, GMB's national secretary for energy, described the situation as a "fiasco" after Japan's Toshiba, the lead party behind Moorside, revealed a $6.3bn writedown in its US Westinghouse business and confirmed it was scaling back investment in new overseas nuclear projects.