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Hinkley Point


EDF Announces More Delays, Cost Overruns for Flamanville 3 Reactor

French utility Électricité de France (EDF)on July 25 said it has pushed fuel loading at its 1.6-GW Flamanville 3 nuclear project to the fourth quarter of 2019 and increased cost…


UK Approves Hinkley Point C Construction—with Caveats

The $23.8 billion Hinkley Point C nuclear project has received the UK government's green light, but the country wants to ensure that project’s ownership cannot change without government agreement. After…


The Nuclear Power Industry Is Increasingly Global—and Complicated

The second World Nuclear Exhibition was held at a moment in time when the prospects for nuclear power are both tantalizing and frustrating. One thing is clear: The dynamics of…


China Warns Against Hinkley Point Cancellation
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China’s ambassador to the UK, in an opinion piece in British newspaper Financial Times, warned that Sino-British relations are “at a crucial historical juncture” and suggested that enormous recent Chinese…


Areva Admits to “Irregularities” in Hundreds of Nuclear Plant Components, Possible Falsified Documents

France’s nuclear sector was rocked to its core on May 4 when the country’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced that state-owned nuclear manufacturer Areva had confessed to “irregularities in the…