China nuclear company will not build Hinkley alone if EDF drops out

CGN, which is helping French energy company with Hinkley Point C scheme, denies it will build reactors independently

The Chinese company helping EDF with plans to build new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset has flatly dismissed the idea it would go it alone if the largely state-owned French company dropped out.

"As a partner to EDF supporting the Hinkley Point project, CGN [China General Nuclear Power Corporation] has no independent plans to build reactors at Hinkley Point C," it said in a statement.