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United Kingdom: Nuclear power plant set for go-ahead
2013-10-20 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The government is set to give the go-ahead for the UK's first new nuclear plant in a generation on Monday. French-owned EDF Energy will lead a consortium that includes Chinese investors to build the Hinkley Point C power station in Somerset. Ministers and EDF have been in talks for more than a year. But it is understood that the two sides have agreed the all-important "strike price" - the guaranteed rate to be paid for electricity produced at the site. Chancellor George Osborne removed...
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