French state nuclear giant puts new UK nuclear reactor "on hold"

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1. Hinkley Point nuclear power station plan 'is still on track', says EDF Energy

The company preparing to build a new nuclear power station in Somerset has stressed that procurement is on track. The statement follows a claim in The Guardian that the project to build the first of Britain’s new nuclear power stations has been put on hold.

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“The procurement process is on track, and has always assumed that certain contracts would be signed once we make our final investment decision. This has not changed,” the spokesman said.

“To date, contracts worth in excess of £750 million have been let to over 370 companies.”

Last weeks’ publication of the Energy Bill confirmed the Government’s continued momentum on Electricity Market Reform. And yesterday the Government said that it was “on the cusp” of signing a deal for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.

http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Hinkley-Point-nuclear-power-station-plan-track/story-16226396-detail/story.html

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