EdF plans to lead Britain into the new nuclear age
The Business
By : Richard Orange
22/11/2006
EDF Energy, the French power giant, will seek a licence to build a new £2.5bn (E4bn, $5bn) nuclear power station in Britain early next year, its British chief executive, Vincent de Rivaz, has revealed.
His plans are part of Europe’s revived interest in nuclear power, spurred by higher oil prices, uncertainties over Russian gas supplies and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (...)