By Peggy Hollinger
The shock came just a few days before Christmas, and for many involved in France’s bid to clinch the world’s biggest nuclear contract, the after-effects have still not worn off.
Abu Dhabi’s decision last December to forgo France’s acknowledged experience in nuclear power generation and instead launch its $20bn reactor programme with market newcomer South Korea has left a sizeable dent in the country’s atomic ambitions.
After all, Abu Dhabi was the first big test of (...)