Nuclear is antithesis of an industrial strategy but Catapult soldiers on

Posted on 6 Feb 2013

Centrica’s decision to pull out of the EDF consortium to build nuclear plants at Hinkley Point in Somerset, and Sizewell, Suffolk has had no material effect on the pipeline of work for the British nuclear supply chain, experts say, but it knocks confidence in the UK's overall industrial strategy.

On Tuesday Centrica pulled out of of the nuclear new build programme with EDF Energy, leaving the door open for a Chinese partner to help the French energy company to build Hinkley Point C. Keith Parker, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, says this decision has no material effect on the proportion of work…

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