The government is today expected to approve permission for French energy company EDF to start work on Hinkley C, the UK’s first new nuclear power plant to be built in Britain by the private sector.
The site at Hinkley Point in Somerset is “shovel ready”, preliminary construction planning – including new construction training courses at local colleges – is in place and the nuclear manufacturing supply chain is holding its collective breath. Today energy secretary Ed Davey is expected to give the long awaited go-ahead to build the £14bn Hinkley…
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