Project promoter EDF Energy is “devoted” to making a decision on the long-awaited Hinkley Point C new nuclear project, a statement from the French and UK governments has insisted.
UK prime minister David Cameron and French president Francois Hollande met in Amiens yesterday at the 34th Franco-British summit. Amid a range…
Prime minister David Cameron and his French counterpart president François Hollande are expected to discuss Hinkley Point C today as they meet in Amiens.
French media is reporting that a statement on the construction of the project is expected. The discussion between the two leaders is amid a heated debate in…
Amec Foster Wheeler, Areva, Doosan Babcock and Atkins have been named as the final members of the Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) for Sellafield.
Their inclusion takes the total number of companies involved in the six alliances and joint ventures to 16. Amec Foster Wheeler is working in alliance with Hertel (UK)…
Sellafield Ltd has taken its “most significant stride ever” in the 100-year mission to clean up the UK’s most complex nuclear site, removing the entire bulk stocks of historic nuclear fuel from the Pile Fuel Storage Pond.
The milestone came after decommissioning teams lifted the final skip of “metal fuel” from…
Hinkley Point C promoter EDF Energy has extended the life of four existing nuclear power plants in the UK.
The French energy giant said the Heysham 1 plant in Lancashire and the Hartlepool power station on Teesside would remain open until 2024 rather than closing in 2019 as planned. EDF added…
A key figure in the development of the long-awaited Hinkley Point C nuclear power project has left the scheme, with a final decision to progress with it still awaited.
Project promoter EDF Energy said Hinkley Point C project director Chris Bakken was returning to the US to pursue new opportunities. Bakken,…
Civils firms have described the wait for the decision to build Hinkley Point C nuclear plant as “extremely disappointing”.
Contractors were originally expecting a final investment decision from project promoter EDF on the Somerset scheme by the end of 2014. But despite a much-publicised agreement between the French energy giant and China General…
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