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France wants the UK government to contribute more funding to the Hinkley Point NPP and Sizewell C NPP being built by EDF, Reuters reported, citing “three people familiar with the matter”. The 3,200 MWe Hinkley Point C (HPC) in Somerset was originally scheduled for completion in 2017, but is facing delays and cost overruns. EDF recently deferred the start date of the plant to at least 2029 from a previous mid-2027 target. It also revised the cost to £31-34bn ($39-43bn) based on 2015 values, up from an earlier estimate of £25-26bn. EDF also plans to build a similar plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk, but it has yet to receive a final investment decision.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-seeks-more-uk-funding-for-hinkley-point-c-11473456
The Guardian newspaper has recently published two articles about the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA’s) Sellafield site, both of which have been strongly repudiated by Sellafield Ltd.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-repudiates-guardian-articles-on-cyber-attacks-and-leaks-11354910
Guardian newspaper alleges state-backed criminals infiltrated ‘highest echelons’ of nuclear site’s IT systems
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/uk-regulator-denies-claims-of-cyber-attack-by-hackers-linked-to-russia-and-china-12-2-2023
The move would exclude CGN from the consortium planning to build the £20bn Sizewell C nuclear plant in southeast England, as well as one in Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex.
According to The Guardian, a source confirmed a report by the Financial Times that revealed the government is exploring ways of removing CGN from future projects.
Sizewell C is the only nuclear new-build project in the UK for which planning permission is being sought. EDF of France and CGN are 80% and 20% shareholders in the project to build two EPR units at the site. Plans for Bradwell, where CGN and EDF are planning to build a single HPR1000, or Hualong One plant, remain in the early technical stages
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ministers-investigating-ways-to-block-china-from-new-nuclear-projects-7-1-2021
EDF said in a statement on its website on 8 August that it welcomed a decision by the High Court of Paris to reject a request by EDF’s Central Works Committee to suspend the board’s 28 July decision to approve the Hinkley Point C NPP project in the UK, which is to be built by EDF. Jean-Bernard Lévy, EDF chairman and CEO, said in the statement that he will take legal action against the Sud Energie union.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 11 August 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrench-court-supports-hinkley-decision-as-chinese-concerns-increase-4977503
Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman and CEO of Hitachi, said on 30 January that the setbacks experienced by EDF in developing the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK raised questions about how future NPPs, including its GBP14bn ($19.9bn) Wylfa Newydd project on Anglesey are to be funded.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 01 February 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuncertainty-over-hinkley-point-echoed-by-hitachi-4798508
On 21 October, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei finally endorsed Iran's nuclear accord with world powers in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani. Khamenei said he appreciated the work of Iran's diplomats in reaching the 14 July Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the international agreement limiting Iran's nuclear programme in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Sunday, 25 October 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsimplementation-of-iran-agreement-begins-4700831
Two UK newspapers have reported that the UK government is planning to subsidise nuclear power indirectly by putting a lower bound on the country's carbon trading scheme.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-government-plans-to-build-carbon-price-floor